Publications by authors named "Clare Rosemary Wall"
Article Synopsis
- A study analyzed the feeding habits of 5,770 infants to assess the timing of complementary food introduction in New Zealand and its connection to maternal sociodemographic factors.
- Results showed that 40.2% of infants had early food introduction (before 4 months), while 3.2% had late introduction (after 7 months).
- Factors linked to early food introduction included younger mothers, lower education levels, and maternal smoking during pregnancy, while late introduction was more common among mothers with higher education and those of Asian/European descent.
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are important functional biomolecules in human breast milk. Understanding the factors influencing differences in HMO composition and changes in their concentration over lactation can help to design feeding strategies that are well-adapted to infant's needs. This review summarises the total and individual concentration of HMOs from data published from 1999 to 2019.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground & Aims: Human milk (HM) contains a wide array of non-nutritive bioactive elements, including glucocorticoid hormones (glucocorticoid; cortisol and cortisone). The relationship between milk-borne glucocorticoids, measures of maternal health and patterns of breast-feeding is not yet established. This study was conducted to determine the influence of maternal and infant related biological and socio-demographic factors on the levels of glucocorticoids hormones in HM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: New Zealand in 2008 adopted WHO policy which recommends that all infants are exclusively breast fed until 6 months of age. The benefits of this policy for the infant are undisputed; however, this policy has the potential to adversely impact on infant vitamin D status. A number of countries now recommend that all breastfed infants receive daily vitamin D supplementation of 400 IU to prevent rickets.
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