Nutrition Through the Life Cycle (MindTap Course List)
Nutrition Through the Life Cycle (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305628007
Author: Judith E. Brown
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 2.3CS
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To identify: One nutrition intervention for each diagnosis in this case.

Introduction: Infants who born in between 34 and 37 weeks of the pregnancy is considered as late-preterm infant. Breast feeding is an important phase in the life of both the mother and the infant. Breast milk provides the necessary nutrients, immunological functions and psychological support to the growing infant in his early stages of development.

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