Abstract:
Published data on the fatty acid (FA)
composition of breast milk (BM) of Sri-Lankan
mothers are limited.To report the FA composition in BM
within the first 6 months of lactation and to study
whether the fat mass of lactating mothers would
influence FA composition of their BM.During the present cross-sectional study,
mid-stream milk samples from 48 exclusively
breastfeeding mothers were collected and analysed
by gas chromatography. Deuterium dilution
technique was used to measure maternal body
composition.
