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Many aspects of early nutrition have important implications for later biological programming and health outcome (Henry and Ulijaszek, 1996; Lucas, 1992; McGill et al., 1996). For example, the positive role of breast milk in the development of infant immunocompetence is widely recognized (Arke, 1992; Kelleher and Lonnerdal, 2001; Newburg, 1999). The relation between feeding regimen and growth is more complex, and studies comparing breast-fed infants with formula-fed infants have yielded an inconsistent picture. Some report no difference in weight between the two feeding categories from birth up to 4 or 6 months of age (Auestad et al., 1997; Innis et al., 1996; Pomerance, 1987); others have found that formula-fed infants are heavier than their breast-fed counterparts before this time, starting at 6 weeks (Fomon, 2004; Nelson et al., 1989) or 3 months of age (Dewey et al., 1992). Results for body composition are also conflicting. Some studies report that formula-fed infants are fatter than their breast-fed counterparts (Dewey et al., 1993; Yeung et al., 1981), while others show overall fatness and the proportion of lower-body fat distribution are greater in breast-fed infants (Stuff and Mueller, 1997).
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Durham, D.L., Newell-Morris, L.L. (2006). Is It Nutrients or Nurturing? Comparison of the Growth and Development of Mother-Reared and Laboratory-Reared Macaque Infants (Macaca nemestrina). In: Sackett, G.P., Ruppentahal, G.C., Elias, K. (eds) Nursery Rearing of Nonhuman Primates in the 21st Century. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-25640-5_13
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