Fat Content of Breast Milk Increases with Time
By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter 


TUESDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The longer a mother breast-feeds, the
higher the fat and energy content of her breast milk.

However, experts are not sure what this finding, which appears in the
September issue of Pediatrics, signifies.

"This is the first study to analyze the fat and energy content of breast
milk of mothers who breast-feed for longer than a year," said study
co-author Dr. Ronit Lubetzky, who is with the department of pediatrics at
Dana Children's Hospital at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel.
"There are more and more women who choose to breast-feed for longer time
periods, and not many studies about the nutritional value of their milk
during this prolonged lactation."

"This is a nicely done study which looked at a question that really needed
to be answered," added Dr. Ruth Lawrence, a professor of pediatrics at the
University of Rochester School of Medicine and a member of the executive
committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics' section on breast-feeding.
"I think many people's general impression is if you continue to breast-feed
beyond a year, probably the nutrient value drops, and this is quite
different information and very important."

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