A study of prematurely born infants shows that supplementing breast milk can help the infant grow normally.
The term “premature baby” can scare future parents. But don’t panic, there is a solution to boost your growth. And this solution is all that is more natural since it is about giving the baby a nutritional supplement of breast milk. This is what suggests an American study published in the journal Pediatrics.
An effective solution
A team of researchers from the University of Houston (Texas) has experimented with feeding premature babies milk fat, a material extracted from the breast milk of donors, in addition to their conventional diet. The babies weighed between 700 and 1250 grams. They found that babies who received milk fat supplementation had better physical growth thereafter in terms of weight and height.
“In babies weighing less than 1,000 grams, the lungs are still developing at birth. Gaining weight is therefore essential to encourage this development, ”explains Dr. Amy Hair, the study’s lead author. These results are therefore encouraging for the growth of the child, which is the main health indicator. THE
A necessary medical follow-up
Scientists also note a “fall in the rates of necrotizing enterocolitis within their department.” “. This disease is seen mainly in premature babies. It results in a loss of tissue of the intestinal mucosa (layer of cells lining the inside of a hollow organ in contact with the air) capable of progressing to perforation or peritonitis. This infection of the organ surrounding the intestinal cavities can sometimes be fatal. A child born before the 37th week of pregnancy is considered a premature child. Physical and neurological follow-up is provided from birth until entering kindergarten (at the age of 3 or 4).
In France, the number of births of premature children “continues to increase”. There were 60,000 in 2013, according to the Prematurity Collective. The World Health Organization (WHO) lists 15 million babies born prematurely each year worldwide.
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