Infant Formula Fat Analogs and Human Milk Fat: New Focus on Infant Developmental Needs
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Human breast milk is generally and universally recognized as the optimal choice for nutrition during the first year of life. In certain cases in which it is not feasible to breast-feed the infant or the breast milk is not sufficient, especially in the case of preterm infants, infant formula is the next best alternative to provide nutrition to nurture the infant. Therefore, it is highly important that the nutrient composition of the infant formula is as close to breast milk as possible for proper growth and development of the infant. However, human milk is a complex dynamic matrix, and therefore significant research has been done and is still ongoing to fully understand and mimic human breast milk, particularly its fat composition. Lipids play a critical role in infant nutrition. A number of advances have been made in infant formula lipid content and composition so that formula can better simulate or mimic the nutritional functions of human maternal milk.Keywords:
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Breast milk is the best nutrient for infant especially for the newborn. Nutrition in breast milk has benefits for improving infant's growth and development. The infant are expected to be the successor of the nation that has competitiveness and high productivity by getting the best nutrition in the breastmilk. This research aims to determine the relationship of breastfeeding with infant's growth and development in Sudiang Raya District Makassar City. This research is an analytic with cross sectional study design. The population were all the infant aged 6-12 months in Sudiang Raya distric as many as 192 infants. Total sample were 78 infant. The results showed that the exclusive breast feeding was high (66,7%) compared to the non-exclusive breast feeding (33,3%). Based on data analysis found that there were a significant relationship between breastfeeding and infant's growth based on BB/U index with ρ: 0,000, PB/U index with ρ: 0,001 and BB/ PB index with ρ: 0,010. There were also a significant relationship between breastfeeding and infant's development with ρ: 0,000. Giving breast milk to the infant can increase growth and development so that it can improve their health status.
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