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A. P. GUPTA, MD; ABHA GUPTA, MD
Department of Pediatrics and Obstetrics-Gynecology R. N. T. Medical College Udaipur 313 001 (Raj), India

Am J Dis Child. 1984;138(10):989-990.

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Sir.—The article entitled "Zinc Absorption From Human Milk, Cow's Milk, and Infant Formulas" by Sandström et al¹ is a valuable contribution to the understanding of zinc absorption for neonatologists interested in human milk as a source of nutrition for neonates. The comment that zinc deficiency is very rarely observed in breast-fed infants is questionable because of reports of zinc deficiency in infants who are fed exclusively on human milk.^2,3 The recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics to supplement infant formula with zinc,⁴ because of the lower bio-availability of zinc from formula than from human milk, needs to be looked into, as the theoretical amount of zinc intake by a 1,000-g infant from the mature milk of an Indian mother will fall short for the daily recommended intake for such an infant.⁵ The zinc content of mature milk from 35 Indian mothers was found to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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