Safety and Efficacy of Human Milk Fortification for Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants

Abstract

For full-term infants in the first 6 months of life, exclusive breastfeeding remains the nutritional standard for calcium intake. However, unsupple-mented human milk does not meet the nutritional requirements for growth of the very-low-birth-weight (1500 g) infant. Methods for human milk fortification have been evaluated, and recent studies have demonstrated the safety of these fortifiers.