[Growth, development, social integration and parenting practices on children living with their mothers in prison].

Unlabelled: Prisons are considered a very high risk environment, but there is very scarce scientific information on the growth and development of children who live there.

Objective: With the purpose of evaluating growth and development of children living with their mothers in prison, a cross sectional survey was performed in 68 children aged 0-3 years in Unit 31, a prison for mothers with children located at 30 km from Buenos Aires.

Methods: Weight, supine length, and developmental quotient (Cats Clams) was measured, PRUNAPE, and SQE-SE test were administered (screening tests for detecting developmental and emotional disorders, respectively).

[Fatty acid composition of human milk from mothers of preterm and full-term infants].

Introduction: Human milk is an essential food for newborns and affects life in the long or short terms. Its composition is modified by nutritional status and maternal diet as well as by gestational age of the newborn. It provides human milk-fed infants with the medium-chain fatty acids which are a source of energy, and essential fatty acids and their metabolic derivatives which have been involved in the neural maturation.