Clinical Benefits and Science Behind
the Exclusive Human Milk Diet

Learning Objectives

• Understand the importance of the development of the infant microbiome and the effect of feeding type on this development
• Assist the learner to understand the differences among the available human milk products and fortifiers
• Examine the evidence for the benefits of exclusively human milk-based products in VLBW babies in the NICU
• Be able to discuss the long-term benefits of the EHMD and some of the early data behind those outcomes
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Speaker

Melinda J Elliott, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Chief Medical Officer

Target Audience: This 1 hour presentation is designed for the healthcare professional caring for premature infants.