>1. Does anyone know where the studies are that definitively "prove" that >human milk is 20 calories/ounce? Does this hold true as an "average" for >breastmilk from the onset of mature milk through -- however long the infant >is breastfeeding? Is it still 20 cal/ounce when the baby is 4 months old, 6 >months, 12 months, 2 years? Has anyone done studies on it? Does anyone >besides me care? >Jan According to Human Milk in the Modern World by Jeliffe and Jelliffe, Macy, Kelly, and Sloan give a mean figure of 75 calories per 100 ml with a range of 45-119. Jacqueline Myers, AAHCC