Cohort profile: Japanese human milk study, a prospective birth cohort: baseline data for lactating women, infants and human milk macronutrients.

Journal: BMJ open
PMID: 36282635

Abstract

PURPOSE: The Japanese Human Milk Study, a longitudinal prospective cohort study, was set up to clarify how maternal health, nutritional status, lifestyle and sociodemographic and economic factors affect breastfeeding practices and human milk composition. This would eventually determine factors affecting the growth and development of infants and children.

Authors

  • Keisuke Nojiri
    Department of Research and Development, Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd, Kawagoe, Japan.
  • Satoshi Higurashi
    Department of Research and Development, Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd, Kawagoe, Japan.
  • Tomoki Takahashi
    Department of Research and Development, Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd, Kawagoe, Japan.
  • Yuta Tsujimori
    Department of Research and Development, Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd, Kawagoe, Japan.
  • Shunjiro Kobayashi
    Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd, Kawagoe, Japan.
  • Yasuhiro Toba
    Department of Research and Development, Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd, Kawagoe, Japan.
  • Jun-Ichi Yamamura
    Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd, Kawagoe, Japan.
  • Kyoko Nomura
    Department of Environmental Health Science and Public Health, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
  • Hiroshi M Ueno
    Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd, Kawagoe, Japan hiroshi-ueno@meg-snow.com.

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