Integrating Population Outcomes, Biological Mechanisms and Research Methods in the Study of Human Milk and Lactation

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
The Secretory Immunoglobulin System: Regulation and Biological Significance....Pages 1-16
The Milky Way: From Mammary Gland to Milk to Newborn....Pages 17-25
Macy-György Award Address — Year 2000 a Half-Century Inquiry into the Immunobiology of Human Milk....Pages 27-38
Vitamin A and the Nursing Mother-Infant Dyad....Pages 39-47
Changes in Feeding Patterns Affect Growth in Children 0–24 Months of Age Living in Socioeconomically Different Areas of Lahore, Pakistan....Pages 49-56
Impact of Vitamin B-12 Deficiency During Lactation on Maternal and Infant Health....Pages 57-67
Zinc and Breastfed Infants: If and When is There a Risk of Deficiency?....Pages 69-75
Breast Feeding and Cognitive Outcome in Children Born Prematurely....Pages 77-82
The Role of Human Milk in Necrotizing Enterocolitis....Pages 83-90
The Effect of Stress on Lactation — Its Significance for the Preterm Infant....Pages 91-97
Immune System Modulation by Human Milk....Pages 99-106
Intestinal Absorption of Colostral Lymphoid Cells in Newborn Animals....Pages 107-114
Breast-Feeding Protects Against Celiac Disease in Childhood — Epidemiological Evidence....Pages 115-123
Hamlet — A Complex from Human Milk that Induces Apoptosis in Tumor Cells but Spares Healthy Cells....Pages 125-132
Infant Feeding and Autoimmune Diabetes....Pages 133-140
Protective Effect of Breastfeeding Against Infection in the First and Second Six Months of Life....Pages 141-147
Breastfeeding — An Evolutionary and Neuroendocrine Perspective....Pages 149-157
Lactogenesis and Infant Weight Change in the First Weeks of Life....Pages 159-166
The Practice of Breastfeeding and Infant/Child Mortality in Developing World in the Context of HIV Pandemic....Pages 167-171
Specific and Nonspecific Protective Factors in Milk: Why Don’t They Prevent Viral Transmission During Breastfeeding?....Pages 173-182
Cellular Mechanism for Milk-Borne Transmission of HIV and HTLV....Pages 183-190
Prevention of Vertical Transmission of HIV: Strategies, Successes, and Failures....Pages 191-197
Lactational Endocrinology: The Biology of LAM....Pages 199-205
Efficacy and Effectiveness of LAM....Pages 207-216
Obesity as a Risk Factor for Failure to Initiate and Sustain Lactation....Pages 217-222
Sub-Optimal Breast Feeding Practices: Ethnographic approaches to building “Baby Friendly” communities....Pages 223-232
Maternal Smoking Habits and Fatty Acid Composition of Human Milk....Pages 233-234
Major Breast Milk Carotenoids of Healthy Mothers from Nine Countries....Pages 235-236
Maternal Milk Composition is Not Associated with Current Dietary Intake, But with Body Composition After Three Months Post-Partum in Two Mexican Regions....Pages 237-238
Vitamin A in Breastmilk and HIV Infection in West Africa....Pages 239-240
Milk Transfer Volume at the Time of Maternal Perception of the Onset of Lactation....Pages 241-242
Intra-Individual Changes of Fatty Acids in Breast Milk Due to the Suckling Stimulus....Pages 243-244
Training on Breastfeeding in Italy....Pages 245-248
Body Composition of Lactating Mothers at the First Month Post-Partum Depends on Post-Gestational Body Weight....Pages 249-250
Milk-Borne EGF and Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Neonatal Rat Model....Pages 251-252
Concentrations of Interleukin-10 in Preterm Milk....Pages 253-253
Longitudinal Changes in Milk Sodium/Potassium Ratio in Women with Serious Infection in the Postpartum Period....Pages 255-256
Increased Breastfeeding Rates in Italy....Pages 257-258
A Breastfeeding Support Strategy in an HIV Endemic Area....Pages 259-260
Breast Feeding in Preterm Infants After Hospital Discharge....Pages 261-262
Physiology of Breastmilk Expression Using an Electric Breast Pump....Pages 263-264
The Effect of Dietary DHA Supplementation on Human Milk Cytokines....Pages 265-266
Initiation of Pumping and Milk Weight in Mothers of Nonnursing Preterm Infants....Pages 267-269
Postpartum Home Visits Increase Duration of Exclusive among Inexperienced Breastfeeding Women....Pages 271-272
Introduction of Solids and Formula to Breastfed Infants and its Association with Pattern and Duration of Breastfeeding....Pages 273-274
Gender Differences in Energy Intake of Newborns....Pages 275-276
IgA in Human Milk and Development of Cow’s Milk Allergy in the Breast-Fed Infant....Pages 277-278
Abnormal Cellular Composition of Human Milk and Development of Cow’s Milk Allergy in the Breast-Fed....Pages 279-280
Fate of Milk Borne Erythropoietin in Suckling Rats....Pages 281-283
Breastfeeding Patterns and Menses Return: Findings from Research on LAM....Pages 285-287
Post-Marketing Study of the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM): Impact of Putting LAM in Women’s Hands....Pages 289-290
Effect of Exercise on Secretory IgA and Lactoferrin Concentrations in Human Milk....Pages 291-292
Birth Weight as a Factor of Lactation Initiation in Polish Maternity Hospitals....Pages 293-294
Milk Oligosaccharides Vary within Individuals and During Lactation....Pages 295-297
Physician Attitudes About Breastfeeding....Pages 299-300
Mothers with Asthma: Does breastfeeding increase the asthma risk in their children?....Pages 301-302
Pregnancy Intentions and Breast-Feeding Success: A Cross-Cultural Relationship....Pages 303-304
Effects of Milk-Borne Physiological Concentrations of Insulin-Like Growth Factors-I or -II (IGF-I, -II) Upon Growth in the Artificially Fed (AR) Suckling Rat....Pages 305-306
Speech in Honor of the Isrhml Erlich-Koldovský — Young Investigator Award September 18, 2000, Tucson, AZ, USA....Pages 307-309
Antibody Response to Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (HIB) in Children with Invasive HIB Infection in Relation to Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding....Pages 311-313
Estimated Biological Variation of the Mature Human Milk Fatty Acid Composition....Pages 315-316
Content of Conjugated Linoleic Acids, cis -9, trans -11–18:2 and trans -10, cis -12–18:2,in Breast Milk from Brazilian Women....Pages 317-319
Erythrocyte Membrane Fatty Acid Composition of Brazilian Nursing Women....Pages 321-322
TGFα is Associated with the Milk Fat Globule Membrane....Pages 323-324
Bacterial Screening of Human Milk and Bowel Disease in Premature Infants....Pages 325-326
Determinants of Milk Sodium/Potassium Ratio and Viral Load Among HIV-Infected South African Women....Pages 327-329
Back Matter....Pages 331-338