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3: Composition of Human Milk
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Published:December 2022
"Composition of Human Milk", Breastfeeding Handbook for Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, Richard J. Schanler, MD, FAAP, FABM
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There is no other stage in life in which a single food serves as the sole source of adequate nutrition, as human milk does for us in early infancy. Human milk is a dynamic, complex fluid that contains nutrients and bioactive factors needed for newborn and infant health and development. This chapter outlines the unique nutritional and other nonnutritive protective components found in human milk.
