Non-nutritional factors affecting milk production

Delgado, H.; McNeilly, A.S.; Hartmann, P.E.

Food and Nutrition Bulletin (Suppl 6): 54-62

1983


ISSN/ISBN: 0379-5721
Document Number: 411266
Factors other than diet which may affect human milk yield are discussed, including frequency of feeding, supplementary feeding, menstruation, pregnancy, smoking and drug ingestion, and social custom. The processes involved in mammary gland development during pregnancy, lactogenesis, maintenance of lactation and milk ejection, and effects of maternal diet on these are also discussed.

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