Fat Content of Breast Milk Increases with Time (Forbes.com)

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."



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