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THE FIRST KILOGRAM: III. MILK INTAKE AND PROTEIN ALLOWANCES OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES CONSUMING POOLED HUMAN MILK
Author(s) -
STEVENS L. H.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1971.tb01053.x
Subject(s) - medicine , kilogram , allowance (engineering) , low birth weight , birth weight , zoology , physiology , body weight , pediatrics , food science , pregnancy , endocrinology , biology , mechanical engineering , engineering , genetics
SYNOPSIS The mean daily intake of pooled human milk (containing 1.84 ± 0.24 g% protein) was measured during the first and successive postnatal weeks in infants of low birth weight. By the end of the second postnatal week this feeding provided a protein allowance of 3 to 5 gm/Kg/day, largely independent of the infant's sex and perinatal history.