Aim To systematically review the evidence on the associations between breastfeeding and
overweight/obesity, blood pressure, total cholesterol and type 2 diabetes. Methods Two …

Breastfeeding confers many benefits to the breast-fed infant which are reflected by better
short-term and long-term outcomes as compared to formula-fed infants. Many components of …

Human milk lipids provide the infant with energy and essential vitamins, polyunsaturated
fatty acids, and bioactive components. Adding complex lipids and milk fat globule …

Background: Observational studies have indicated that differences in the composition of
human milk and infant formula yield benefits in cognitive development and early growth for …

Dietary lipids are key for infants to not only meet their high energy needs but also fulfill
numerous metabolic and physiological functions critical to their growth, development, and …

Unesterified cholesterol is an essential structural component of the plasma membrane of
every cell. During evolution, this membrane came to play an additional, highly specialized …

Background: Breastfeeding presents clear short-term benefits for child health, mainly
protection against morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases. On the other hand, there …

Human milk contains an abundance of biologically active components that are highly likely
to contribute to the short-and long-term benefits of breastfeeding. Many of these components …

The milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) in breast milk contains many bioactive components.
Infant formulas traditionally have been devoid of the MFGM fraction, but dairy technology …

I have reviewed recent (March 1995–December 1997) papers on human milk lipids
including many on fatty acid (FA) composition. The effects of maternal diets on the profiles …