Is it the case that breastmilk fat concentration is related to maternal
dietary fat?? I didn't think so (though may well have missed this piece of
information). Can someone point me in the direction of the research?
Karleen Gribble
Australia

> The information about the crucial nature of fats in infant development
> is both standard, and uncontested.  As is the dynamic that mothers must
> ingest adequate fats in order to produce fats in her breastmilk.  No
> studies could possibly take place in order to examine the effect of
> nutritional deficit in human milk with mothers with severe eating
> disorders, as it would be unethical to conduct them.
>

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