Maternal Diet, Nutritional Status, and Breast Milk Composition
Miami Neonatology 2013 — Annual International Conference

Bo Lönnerdal, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Nutrition and Internal Medicine at the University of California, Davis, reviews the impact of maternal nutrition, caloric intake, and energy expenditure on the composition of breast milk. He discusses weight- and stress-related barriers to breastfeeding and present data on zinc deficiency in breast-fed infants, which may occur more commonly than recognized.

This material was originally presented to a live audience in Nov-2013, and was available for credit through 20-Mar-2018.

This course does not offer CE credit.

  • Bo Lönnerdal, PhD

    Distinguished Professor of Nutrition & Internal Medicine
    Department of Nutrition
    University of California, Davis
    Davis, California

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