Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML), October 2-6, 1999, Bavaria, Germany.
The quality of infant feeding is of major importance for child health development and well being, and breast feeding is the natural form of supplying food to the infant and is considered to be ideally adapted to the needs of both mother and child. This contributed volume therefore, brings together the research on the physiological foundations and on the biological effects of breast feeding, both short and long term. This book contains the work of scientists from over thirty countries, many of whom are leading researchers in their fields, and details papers presented by the invited speakers of the conference and short summaries of presentations of original research results.

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Journal of Human Lactation 17:2 (2001)

Autorentext
Berthold Koletzko ist Leiter der Abteilung Stoffwechselkrankheiten und Ernährungsmedizin am Dr. von Haunerschen Kinderspital, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Inhalt
Breastfeeding in Modern and Ancient Times: Facts, Ideas, and Beliefs.- Beer and Breastfeeding.- Does Breast-Feeding Protect Against Childhood Obesoty?.- Nutrients, Growth, and the Development of Programmed Metabolic Function.- Early Programming of Glucose Metabosm Insulin Action and Longevity.- THE Mammary Gland-Infant Intestine Immunologic Dyad Intestine Immunologic Dyad.- Breast Feeding and the Intestinal Microflora of the Infant Implications for Protection Against Infectious Diseases.- Opsonophagocytosis Versus Lectinophagocytosis in Human Milk Macrophages.- Is Allergy a Preventable Disease?.- Breast-Feeding and the Development of Cows' Milk Protein Allergy.- Material Asthma Status Alters Relation of Infant Feeding to Asthma Childhood.- Does Breast-Feeding Affect the Risk for Coeliac Disease?.- Breastfeeding and Growth in Rural Kenyan Toddlers.- Breastfeeding and Stunting Among Toddlers in Peru.- Breastfeeding and Growth in Rural Senegalese Toddlers.- Duration of Breast-Feeding and Linear Growth.- The Association Between Prolonged Breastfeeding and Poor Growth.- Breastfeeding and HIV-1 Infection.- Subclinical Mastitis as a Risk Factor for Mother-infant HIV Transmission.- Recommendations on Feeding Infants of HIV Positive Mothers.- Transmission of Cytomegalovirus Infection Through Breast Milk in Term and Pretern Infants.- Physiology of Oligosaccharides in Lactating Women and Breast Fed Infants.- Immunomodulatory Effects of Breast Milk Oligosaccharides.- Polyunsaturated Fatty acid Supply with Human Milk.- Environmental Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Dioxins.- Transition of Nitro Musks and Polycyclic Musks Into Human Milk.- Exposition to and Heal Theffects of Residues in Human Milk.- Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (Probot): ACluster-Randomized Trial in the Republic of Belarus.- Provision of Supplementary Fluids to Breast Fed Infants and Later Breast Feeding Success.- Breastfeeding Promotion-IsIts Effectiveness Supported by Scientific Evidence and Global Changes in Breastfeeding Behaviors?.- Apoptosis in Lactating Rat Mammary Tissue Using Tunel Method.- Energy Intake and Growth of Breast-Fed Iifants in Two Regions of Mexico.- Effect of Human Milk and Recombinant EGF, TGF?, and IGF-1 On Small Intestinal Cell Proliferation.- Low Breast Milk Vitamin A Concentration Reflects an Increased Risk of Low Liver Vitamin A Stores In Women.- Vitamin a in Milk Can Potentially Reduce the Replication of Enveloped Viruses in Infants.- Ucleoside Analyses of Human Milk at 4 Stages of Lactation.- Quantitative Analysis of Human Milk Oligosaccharides by Capillary Electrophoresis.- Zinc Intakes and Plasma Concentrations in Infancy.- Nutritive Significance of Element Speciation in Breast Milk.- Human Milk Mercury (Hg) and Lead (Pb) Levels in Vienna.- Breastfeeding and Atopic Sensitisation.- Cytokine Production by Leukocytes from Human Milk.- Breasteeding and Asthma in Children.- Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Status of Bareastfed Malnourished Infants and Their Mothers in North Pakistan.- Long Term Effect of Breast Feeding on Essential Fatty Aaid Status in Healthy, Full-Term Infants.- Human Milk Fatty Aaid ProfIles From Australia, canada, Japan, and the Philippines.- Short-and Long Term Variation in the Production, Content, and Composition of Human Milk Fat.- Dietary Fish and the Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Ccontent of Human Milk.- Fatty Acid Composition of Mature Breast Milk According to the Mothers Diet During Pregnancy.- Contibution of Dietary and Newly Formed Arachidonic Acid to Milk Secretion in Women on Low FatDiets.- 13C-Linoleicacid Oxidation and Transfer into Milk in Lactating Women Witg Contrasting Body Mass Index.- Arachidonic (AA) and Docosahexaenoic (DHA) Acid Content in Healthy Infants Fed with an HA Milk Formula Supplemented with LCPUPA and in Breast Fed Infants.- Low Contribution of Docosahexaenoic Acid to the Fatty Acid Composition of Mature Human Milk in Hungary.- Malnourished Mothers Maintain their Weight Through out Pregnancy and Lactation.- Effect of Exercise and Energy Restriction on Leptin During Lactation.- Food Intakes in a Group of Breast-Feeding and not Breast-Feeding Mothers.- Illness-Induced Anorexia in the Breast-Fed Infants. Role of IL-1? and TNF-?.- Maternal Perception of the Onset of Lactation: A Valid Indicator of Lactogenesis Stage II?.- The Onset of Lactation: Implications For Breast-Feeding Promotion Programs.- Pre-Term Delivery and Breast Expression: Consequences for Initiating Lactation.- Breastfeeding Rates of VLBW Infants-.- Breastfeeding in Gent, Belgium.- Breast-feeding Pattern and Influencing Factors in Lithuanla.- Factors Influencing a Mother's Decision to Breastfeed.- Use of Soft Laser in the Therapy of Sore Nipples in Breastfeeding Women.- Natural Feeding of Premature Infants.- News About Human Milk Banking in Germany.