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Are there significant differences in the growth patterns of infants, birth to one year of age, who consume human milk versus formula?
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MeSH Terms
Infant formula
Milk, Human
Growth
Growth and Development
Text Words
Growth
Weight
Breast feeding
Breastfeeding
Breastfed
Breast fed
Human milk
Breastmilk
Breast milk
Formula
Infant formula
Infant
Infant nutrition
Growth chart
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
WHO
World Health Organization
Infant growth patterns
Infant feeding
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Pubmed
Epistemonikos
Trip
Reasons for excluding reviews or studies identified using a hierarchical literature search
Quigley M, Embleton ND, McGuire W. Formula versus donor breast milk for feeding preterm or low birth weight infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019 Jul 19;7(7):CD002971. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002971.pub5. PMID: 31322731; PMCID: PMC6640412.
Already cited in related PEN question “What are the infant and gestational-parental health outcomes associated with breastfeeding compared to infant formula feeding?”
DATE of Search
Date Search Completed: January 3, 2023
Search Limits (e.g. date, language): English language, Last 5 years, Humans