Dietary modifications and supplementation in breastfeeding mothers

dc.contributor.authorAslan, Ilke Özer
dc.contributor.authorDoğan, Keziban
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-29T17:43:24Z
dc.date.available2024-10-29T17:43:24Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentTekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBreastfeeding mothers usually feel torn between the need to diet in order to lose excess weight gained during pregnancy and the need to maintain an adequate dietary intake to ensure milk is available for the infant. Lactation involves a complex interaction of different factors, including nutrition, endocrine effects and the mother's behaviour. Recently there have accumulated important insights into how the nutritional status of the mother influences breastfeeding and the infant's healthy development. Nonetheless, much is still unknown regarding the necessary dietary intake of trace elements in breastfeeding women. Some studies have examined how dietary supplementation with zinc, copper or iodine affects the level of these ions in human milk. In addition, the presence of comorbidities such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, polycystic ovary syndrome and principles behind dietary prescriptions are also very effective factors in breastfeeding. Management of diet should proceed stepwise. The important factors to consider in recommending a suitable diet are the individual's basal metabolic requirements, the balance of macro- and micro-nutrients needed and the objectives aimed for. If dietary management is approached from a realistic, personalised perspective, and any prescribed diet is provided in a patient-friendly format, weight loss can be achieved in women following pregnancy and in middle age. Whatever diet is followed, however, one constant feature is that all breastfeeding mothers will require additional fluid intake and a varied diet to ensure milk production is sufficient and of high quality. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-031-33278-4_52
dc.identifier.endpage629
dc.identifier.isbn978-303133278-4
dc.identifier.isbn978-303133277-7
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85197138812
dc.identifier.startpage621
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33278-4_52
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11776/12334
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer International Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofBreastfeeding and Metabolic Programming
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKitap Bölümü - Uluslararasıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectBreastfeeding
dc.subjectDiet
dc.subjectMothers
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectSupplementation
dc.titleDietary modifications and supplementation in breastfeeding mothers
dc.typeBook Chapter

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