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Fore and hind milk vary in total fat content1. The suckling stimulus is known to increase the lipid content of milk within a feeding. We investigated the influence of the suckling stimulus in determining the composition of fatty acids in human milk, comparing the right and left breasts from lactation day 15 to 90, according to the suckling pattern established by the infant.
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Da Costa, T.H.M., Ito, M.K. (2002). Intra-Individual Changes of Fatty Acids in Breast Milk Due to the Suckling Stimulus. In: Davis, M.K., Isaacs, C.E., Hanson, L.Å., Wright, A.L. (eds) Integrating Population Outcomes, Biological Mechanisms and Research Methods in the Study of Human Milk and Lactation. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 503. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0559-4_32
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