Sex-Specific Human Milk Composition: The Role of Infant Sex in Determining Early Life Nutrition.

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Sex-Specific Human Milk Composition: The Role of Infant Sex in Determining Early Life Nutrition.

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Male and female infants respond differentially to environmental stimuli, with different growth and neurodevelopmental trajectories. Male infants are more likely to be disadvantaged when subjected to adversity and show a higher risk of perinatal complications. However, the underlying causes of this sex-bias are not well defined and optimising the early life nutritional care may be necessary to minimise the "male disadvantage" that may be experienced early in life. Experimental models have demo...

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2018-09

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Galante, Laura / Milan, Amber / Reynolds, Clare / Cameron-Smith, David / Vickers, Mark / Pundir, Shikha

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/45848

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Milk, Human / Animals / Humans / Child Development / Age Factors / Sex Factors / Breast Feeding / Nutritional Status / Nutritive Value / Infant / Infant, Newborn / Female / Male / Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

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