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Prevention of rickets and vitamin D deficiency: new guidelines for vitamin D intakeLawrence M Gartner
Pediatrics 111:908-10. 2003..These new vitamin D intake guidelines for healthy infants and children are based on the recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences...
Bone health: it's more than calcium intakeFrank R Greer
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI 53715, USA
Pediatrics 115:792-4. 2005
Post-discharge nutrition: what does the evidence support?Frank R Greer
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53715, USA
Semin Perinatol 31:89-95. 2007....
Breastfeeding and cardiovascular disease: where's the beef?Frank R Greer
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI 53715, USA
Pediatrics 115:1765. 2005
Issues in establishing vitamin D recommendations for infants and childrenFrank R Greer
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 80:1759S-62S. 2004..The recommended intake of 200 IU/d may not be enough. More data are needed to support the adequacy of the present and possibly even higher recommended vitamin D daily intakes...
Vitamin K in human milk--still not enoughF R Greer
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, USA
Acta Paediatr 93:449-50. 2004..235 +/- 0.144 microg/dl) is accounted for by vitamin K2 (menaquinone) rather than vitamin K1 (phylloquinone); the latter generally thought to be more important in human nutrition. The significance of these findings is discussed...
Vitamin K status of lactating mothers and their infantsF R Greer
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Acta Paediatr Suppl 88:95-103. 1999..Breastfed infants do not receive the recommended vitamin K intake via human milk. To prevent vitamin K deficiency in the newborn, intramuscular or oral vitamin K prophylaxis is necessary...
Feeding the premature infant in the 20th centuryF R Greer
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53715, USA
J Nutr 131:426S-30S. 2001....
Do breastfed infants need supplemental vitamins?F R Greer
Departments of Pediatrics and Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 48:415-23. 2001..The exceptions to this are a need for vitamin K in the immediate newborn period and vitamin D in breastfed infants with dark skin or inadequate sunlight exposure...
Vitamin K the basics--what's new?Frank R Greer
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Public Health and Medicine, Madison, WI, USA
Early Hum Dev 86:43-7. 2010..PIVKA-II (abnormal prothrombin) is not a reliable indicator of vitamin K deficiency in preterm or term infants...
25-Hydroxyvitamin D: functional outcomes in infants and young childrenFrank R Greer
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 88:529S-533S. 2008..I therefore propose a research agenda to establish the functional definitions of vitamin D sufficiency or deficiency in infants and young children...
Long-term adverse outcomes of low birth weight, increased somatic growth rates, and alterations of body composition in the premature infant: review of the evidenceFrank R Greer
Department of Pediatrics and Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 45:S147-51. 2007..At the present time, there is little evidence that negates the goal of maximizing nutritional support for the very low birth weight infant in the neonatal period...
Fat-soluble vitamin supplements for enterally fed preterm infantsF R Greer
University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Neonatal Netw 20:7-11. 2001..Vitamin intakes with special formulas for low birth weight infants and human milk fortifiers are also reviewed...
Vitamin K status of premature infants: implications for current recommendationsD Kumar
Department of Pediatrics, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44109, USA
Pediatrics 108:1117-22. 2001..The objective of this study was to assess vitamin K status in premature infants by measuring plasma vitamin K and plasma protein-induced in vitamin K absence (PIVKA II) from birth until 40 weeks' postconceptional age...
Are breast-fed infants vitamin K deficient?F R Greer
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Adv Exp Med Biol 501:391-5. 2001..A supplement of 5 mg of vitamin K to lactating mothers will increase the concentration in human milk to 80.0+/-37.7 ng/mL and significantly increase infant plasma vitamin K (Greer et al. 1997)...
Optimizing bone health and calcium intakes of infants, children, and adolescentsFrank R Greer
Pediatrics 117:578-85. 2006..Establishing these practices in childhood is important so that they will be followed throughout the life span...
Vitamin D deficiency--it's more than ricketsFrank R Greer
J Pediatr 143:422-3. 2003
Infant methemoglobinemia: the role of dietary nitrate in food and waterFrank R Greer
Pediatrics 116:784-6. 2005..Breastfeeding infants are not at risk of methemoglobinemia even when mothers ingest water with very high concentrations of nitrate nitrogen (100 ppm)...
Effects of early nutritional interventions on the development of atopic disease in infants and children: the role of maternal dietary restriction, breastfeeding, timing of introduction of complementary foods, and hydrolyzed formulasFrank R Greer
Pediatrics 121:183-91. 2008..At present, there are insufficient data to document a protective effect of any dietary intervention beyond 4 to 6 months of age for the development of atopic disease...
Vitamin K prophylaxis for premature infants: 1 mg versus 0.5 mgDennis T Costakos
Division Neonatology, Franciscan Skemp Mayo Health System, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601, USA
Am J Perinatol 20:485-90. 2003..3 mg/per kg may be used for babies with birth weights below 1000 g. To decrease vitamin K intakes in this population, new preparations of total parenteral nutrition multivitamins are needed...
Use of soy protein-based formulas in infant feedingJatinder Bhatia
Pediatrics 121:1062-8. 2008..This report reviews the limited indications and contraindications of soy formulas. It will also review the potential harmful effects of soy protein-based formulas and the phytoestrogens contained in these formulas...
Lipid screening and cardiovascular health in childhoodStephen R Daniels
Pediatrics 122:198-208. 2008....
The contribution of body protein to the supply of energy in starved newborn piglets is not preferentially suppressed by intravenous provision of glucose and fatBarbara D Mickelson
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706, USA
J Nutr 135:2609-15. 2005..6% +/- 9.6 vs. 41.7% +/- 10.4; lipid 25.7% +/- 5.2 vs. 20% +/- 4.1; glycogen 36.8% +/- 7.5 vs. 38.3% +/- 9.9; S vs. E) because it made up approximately 40% of the total in food-deprived and supplemented piglets...
