Open AccessAn Open-label Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Weight Gain of Very Low Birth Weight Babies with or without Addition of Coconut Oil to Breast Milk
Author(s) -
Sumitha Arun,
Manish Kumar,
Thomas V. Paul,
Nihal Thomas,
Sarah Mathai,
Grace Rebekah,
Niranjan Thomas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of tropical pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.464
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1465-3664
pISSN - 0142-6338
DOI - 10.1093/tropej/fmy012
Subject(s) - medicine , coconut oil , weight gain , breast milk , birth weight , breast feeding , randomized controlled trial , gestational age , randomization , obstetrics , zoology , body weight , pregnancy , pediatrics , biology , pathology , biochemistry , genetics
Nutritional guidelines involving the feeding of very low birth weight babies (VLBW) recommend addition of Human Milk Fortifiers to breast milk. Owing to financial constraints, it is a practice in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) to add coconut oil to aid better weight gain. There are inadequate data on improvement of growth parameters with oral coconut oil supplementation of breast milk.
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