date:Oct 17, 2013
are transforming their standard of care by maintaining exclusive human milk diets in their NICUs, as opposed to cow milk-based formula or nutrition. In their most recent policy statement on breastfeeding and the use of human milk, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) acknowledged the importance of exclusive human milk diets by pointing to a reduction in the odds of developing the often-fatal disease necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in extremely preterm infants (those born weighing 500-1250g),