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Leftover Infant Milk After Bottle Feeding: Parental Practices and Microbiological Findings

2026-02-16 pediatrics Title + abstract only
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ImportanceCurrent guidelines from the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine recommend discarding all milk remaining in bottles immediately after infant feeding. However, these recommendations lack supporting microbiological evidence from studies of actual infant feeding, imposing substantial financial and emotional burden on the 78 million families worldwide who bottle-feed their infants. ObjectiveTo determine (1) the financ...

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