High-protein goat’s milk diet identified through newborn screening: clinical warning of a potentially dangerous dietetic practice

• Published in: Public health nutrition Vol. 20; no. 15; pp. 2806 - 2809
• Main Authors: Maines, Evelina, Gugelmo, Giorgia, Tadiotto, Elisa, Pietrobelli, Angelo, Campostrini, Natascia, Pasini, Andrea, Ion-Popa, Florina, Vincenzi, Monica, Teofoli, Francesca, Camilot, Marta, Bordugo, Andrea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Amino acids; Amino Acids - blood; Animals; Babies; Baby foods; Birth weight; Breast; breast feeding; Breast milk; Breastfeeding & lactation; Children; Community Nutrition; Dairy industry; Diet; Dietary Proteins - administration & dosage; Families & family life; Feeding; Female; Food; goat milk; Goats; health effects assessments; Health risks; High protein diet; Human nutrition; Humans; Infant Formula - chemistry; Infant formulas; Infant nutrition; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Infant, Newborn; Infants; Liver; Liver diseases; Medical screening; Metabolism; Methionine; Methionine - blood; Milk; Milk - chemistry; Milk Proteins - administration & dosage; Milk, Human - chemistry; misinformation; mothers; Neonatal Screening; neonates; Newborn babies; Nutrient content; Nutrition; Nutrition research; Parents; Parents & parenting; Pediatrics; Phenylalanine; Phenylalanine - blood; Plasma; protein content; Proteins; screening; Short Communication; Tyrosinemias - blood; Tyrosinemias - diagnosis; Urine; World Health Organization; Infant nutrition; Goat’s milk; Expanded newborn screening; Hypertyrosinaemia

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