Nancy, you said:
 
 
"to get  optimal brain growth  and IQ you need 
18 g/kg/d weight gain, BUT at  this level you increase the rate  of 
obesity, 
heart disease,  hypertension."

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I'm afraid I'm not quite understanding the 18g/kg/d weight gain.  Does  
that mean that for every kilo the baby weighs, they are to gain 18 g/day?   
Meaning if the baby is 2 kilos (4.4 pounds), then they need to gain 36  g/day?  
So the smaller they are, the less they have to gain per day...the  bigger 
they are, the more they have to gain per day.  Or am I totally  
misinterpreting this?  And at what point would the "term" gain of 30 g/day  begin?  
 
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA -- whose brain may be totally done in by  
the -11 degrees here for the second day in a row.
Wheaton, IL

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