Integrating Population Outcomes, Biological Mechanisms and Research Methods in the Study of Human Milk and Lactation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvii

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2. The Secretory Immunoglobulin System: Regulation and Biological Significance

   1. The Secretory Immunoglobulin System: Regulation and Biological Significance

      • Per Brandtzaeg

      Pages 1-16

3. The Milky Way: From Mammary Gland to Milk to Newborn

   1. The Milky Way: From Mammary Gland to Milk to Newborn

      • Margit Hamosh

      Pages 17-25

4. Macy-György Award Address — Year 2000 a Half-Century Inquiry into the Immunobiology of Human Milk

   1. Macy-György Award Address — Year 2000 a Half-Century Inquiry into the Immunobiology of Human Milk

      • Armond S. Goldman

      Pages 27-38

5. The Impact of Micronutrient Deficiences During Lactation on Maternal and Infant Health

   1. Vitamin A and the Nursing Mother-Infant Dyad

      • Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Jean H. Humphrey

      Pages 39-47

   2. Changes in Feeding Patterns Affect Growth in Children 0–24 Months of Age Living in Socioeconomically Different Areas of Lahore, Pakistan

      • Shakila Zaman, Fehmida Jalil, Munir A. Saleemi, Rifat N. Ashraf, Lotta Mellander, Lars Å. Hanson

      Pages 49-56

   3. Impact of Vitamin B-12 Deficiency During Lactation on Maternal and Infant Health

      • Lindsay H. Allen

      Pages 57-67

   4. Zinc and Breastfed Infants: If and When is There a Risk of Deficiency?

      • Nancy F. Krebs, Jamie Westcott

      Pages 69-75

6. The Premature Infant

   1. Breast Feeding and Cognitive Outcome in Children Born Prematurely

      • Ruth Morley

      Pages 77-82

   2. The Role of Human Milk in Necrotizing Enterocolitis

      • Michael S. Caplan, Michael Amer, Tamas Jilling

      Pages 83-90

   3. The Effect of Stress on Lactation — Its Significance for the Preterm Infant

      • Chantal Lau

      Pages 91-97

7. Developmental Immunology

   1. Immune System Modulation by Human Milk

      • Lars Å. Hanson, Sven-Arne Silfverdal, Marina Korotkova, Valdemar Erling, Louise Strömbeck, Per Olcén et al.

      Pages 99-106

   2. Intestinal Absorption of Colostral Lymphoid Cells in Newborn Animals

      • S. Tuboly, S. Bernáth

      Pages 107-114

   3. Breast-Feeding Protects Against Celiac Disease in Childhood — Epidemiological Evidence

      • L. Å. Persson, A. Ivarsson, O. Hernell

      Pages 115-123

   4. Hamlet — A Complex from Human Milk that Induces Apoptosis in Tumor Cells but Spares Healthy Cells

      • Malin Svensson, Caroline Düringer, Oskar Hallgren, Ann-Kristine Mossberg, Anders Håkansson, Sara Linse et al.

      Pages 125-132

   5. Infant Feeding and Autoimmune Diabetes

      • H.-Michael Dosch, D. J. Becker

      Pages 133-140

8. Breastfeeding in the Industrialized World

   1. Protective Effect of Breastfeeding Against Infection in the First and Second Six Months of Life

      • Peter W. Howie

      Pages 141-147

   2. Breastfeeding — An Evolutionary and Neuroendocrine Perspective

      • Jan Winberg

      Pages 149-157

   3. Lactogenesis and Infant Weight Change in the First Weeks of Life

      • Kathryn G. Dewey, Laurie A. Nommsen-Rivers, M. Jane Heinig, Roberta J. Cohen

      Pages 159-166

9. Viral Transmission in Human Milk and Colostrum: Mechanisms, Potential Interventions, and Implications for Breastfeeding Promotion

   1. The Practice of Breastfeeding and Infant/Child Mortality in Developing World in the Context of HIV Pandemic

      • Elsa R. J. Giugliani

      Pages 167-171

Integrating Population Outcomes, Biological Mechanisms and Research Methods in the Study of Human Milk and Lactation is the product of the 10th Conference of the International Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation, held on September 15-19, 2000, in Tucson, Arizona. The presented sessions at the meeting are as diverse as the volume itself. These sessions include the impact of micronutrient deficiencies during lactation on maternal and infant health, the premature infant, developmental immunology, breastfeeding in the industrialized world, and viral transmission in milk. Whenever possible, the sessions were organized to include human population research, research showing the biological underpinnings of the effects on human health, and important methodological issues. This volume is a contemporary and influential tool for human milk biologists, breastfeeding epidemiologists, biochemists, immunologists, clinical specialists, and all professionals and researchers in the field.

• HIV
• HIV infection
• apoptosis
• biology
• childhood
• endocrinology
• growth
• immune system
• immunobiology
• immunoglobulin
• immunology
• infection
• lymphocytes
• obesity
• infectious diseases

`For an IBCLC who looks beyond the practical research that informs her daily work, this is a find. Entries can be read separately, the index is fairly comprehensive, and in none of the acknowledgements is there any reference to the infant formula industry. An alphabetical list of contributors with contact details simplifies follow-up. All in all, this volume is a useful, if pricey, addition to the lactation library.'
Journal of Human Lactation, 20:1 (February 2004)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA

  Margarett K. Davis

• New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, USA

  Charles E. Isaacs

• University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden

  Lars Å. Hanson

• University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

  Anne L. Wright

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