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Breast Milk Macronutrient Composition After Bariatric Surgery

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Breast milk samples from 12 lactating women with bariatric surgery were investigated by comparing the macronutrient and energy content with samples from 36 non-surgical controls. Samples were analyzed with the Human Milk Analyzer and the maternal diet 24 h prior to sampling with a food record. A higher fat, energy, and a slightly higher carbohydrate milk content was found in the surgical group compared to the non-surgical group (3.0 ± 0.7 versus 2.2 ± 0.9 g/100 ml, P = 0.008; 61.0 ± 7.2 versus 51.7 ± 9 kcal/100 ml, P = 0.002; and 6.6 ± 0.6 versus 6.3 ± 0.4 g/100 ml, P = 0.045, respectively). No correlations and no strong explanatory variance were found between milk macronutrient composition and corresponding maternal dietary intake. The nutritional value of breast milk after bariatric surgery appears to be at least as high as in non-surgical controls.

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Acknowledgments

GJ, RD, and CM designed research. GJ and Marthe Mens (MM) performed research. GJ, CM, ML, BVDS, and RD drafted and revised the paper and approved the final paper.

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GJ, CM, ML, BVDS, and RD have no conflict of interest.

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Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

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All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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RD is recipient of a post-doctoral research grant from FWO Flanders (1803311 N, 2010–2015).

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  1. Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Goele Jans & Roland Devlieger

  2. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Christophe Matthys, Matthias Lannoo & Bart Van der Schueren

  3. Department of Endocrinology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Christophe Matthys & Bart Van der Schueren

  4. Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Matthias Lannoo

  5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Roland Devlieger

  6. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, St-Augustinus Hospital, Oosterveldlaan 24, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Roland Devlieger

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Jans, G., Matthys, C., Lannoo, M. et al. Breast Milk Macronutrient Composition After Bariatric Surgery. OBES SURG 25, 938–941 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-015-1610-1

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