Your friend is considering feeding her preterm infant formula rather than breastfeeding because she is a working mom and believes it would be more convenient and supply sufficient nutrients. What would you tell her about the nutritional, health, and developmental benefits of breastfeeding preterm infants to persuade her to consider breastfeeding as better option?
The nutritional benefits include ease of protein digestion, fat absorption, and improved lactose digestion. The known health and developmental benefits include better visual acuity, greater motor and mental development at 1.5 years of age, greater verbal intelligence quotient at 7–8 years of age, and a lower incidence of serious infectious disease, including necrotizing enterocolitis and sepsis, even among infants who also receive some human milk substitutes. Nosocomial infection rates may also be decreased by as much as 50 percent in premature infants who receive at least 50 percent of their daily feedings from mother's milk.
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a. sex and weight. b. lean body mass and age. c. sex, height, weight, and age. d. sex, height, and ideal body weight.
The vanishing twin phenomenon refers to _____
a. more triplets and quadruplets being born than twins due to fertility drugs b. the disappearance of embryos within 13 weeks of conception c. the decreasing percentage of dizygotic twins in favor of monozygotic twins d. the emergence of an additional fetus in a pregnancy that began with only two fetuses e. the decreasing percentage of twins in favor of single-child births due to in vitro fertilization techniques
Diet progression is appropriate for patients:
a. following surgery. b. diagnosed with malnutrition. c. when a reduction in fecal volume is desired. d. prior to surgery.
________ is a state in which individuals are concerned about not having food or not enough money to buy more food.
A. Hunger B. Food desert C. Food insecurity D. Food security