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SKIM MILK IN INFANT FEEDING
Author(s) -
FOMON S. J.,
FILER L. J.,
ZIEGLER E. E.,
BERGMANN K. E.,
BERGMANN R. L.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1977.tb07802.x
Subject(s) - medicine , infant formula , skimmed milk , body weight , zoology , weight gain , infant feeding , infant nutrition , pediatrics , food science , breast feeding , population , environmental health , biology , research methodology
Ninety‐four infants were enrolled at 112 days of age in a study of food intake and growth and 88 were considered to have completed satisfactorily the planned 56 days of observation. The infants lived at home. Feedings consisted of a commercially available formula (Similac, 67 kcal/100 ml) or a slightly modified skim milk (Formula 305, 36 kcal/100 ml) and commercially prepared strained foods. Energy intake and gain in weight were significantly greater by infants fed Similac than by those fed Formula 305. Gain in length was nearly identical in the two feeding groups. During the 56 days of observation, triceps and subscapular skin‐fold thicknesses changed little in infants fed Similac but decreased approximately 25% in infants fed Formula 305. It is suggested that body fat stores of infants fed Formula 305 were mobilized to permit growth of fat‐free tissue.