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| Personal Name | Bayaga , Cecile Leah T. |
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| Resource Title | Effect of maternal diet and other factors on the chemical and microbiological quality of breast milk from selected Filipino lactating women at 0 to 4 months |
| Date Issued | 31 July 2022 |
| Abstract | Background: Human milk is the best food for the first six months of life. It contains the appropriate amount of nutrients, bioactive compounds, and commensal bacteria. What is known about the microbial ecology of human milk and how it is affected by the physicochemical composition and maternal diet and how the microbial composition in human milk affects infant health are in the preliminary stages. Objective: This study aimed to establish the effects of maternal diet and other factors on the physicochemical and microbiology quality of human milk obtained from selected Filipino lactating women at 0 to 4 months postpartum. Methods: This study employed a cohort, semi-longitudinal research design wherein 34 lactating Filipino women participated and were followed up from 0 to their 4th month of lactation. The 34 women were classified into underweight (n=7), normal weight (n=16), and overweight (n-11). Dietary data were collected using multiple 24-hour food recalls and a developed qualitative food frequency questionnaire that assess frequency of intake of prebiotic and probiotic containing food items per month. Breast milk samples were also collected per month for 4 months. The milk samples were analyzed for proximate composition, pH, total soluble solids, human milk oligosaccharides, and selected cultivable microorganisms namely total plate count, Staphylococcus aureus, Coliform, E. Coli, lactic acid bacteria, and Bifidobacteria spp. Correlation matrix, Chi-square calculations, and manual backward multiple linear regression were used to analyze the data gathered. Results: This study demonstrated that the physicochemical and microbiological components in human milk differ across lactation months and are influenced by maternal diet, age, and weight or body mass index of the participants. Among these factors, maternal diet, characterized into current and usual diet, influenced both the physicochemical and microbiological contents of the human milk. Current diet ref |
| Degree Course | PhD in Nutrition |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Breast feeding -- Philippines; Breast milk -- Philippines; Mothers -- Nutrition -- Philippines |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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