Mother's requirements for Nutrient and energy

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The DRIs for lactating women of normal weight make the assumption that the daily energy requirement for producing milk is 500 calories for the first six months and 400 calories thereafter. The 2005 DRI is 400 kcal per day after the first six months to support a weight loss of 0.8 kg per month (170 calories per day). Net energy requirements were calculated to be around 450 kcal per day with mobilization of about 170 kcal per day.

We now know that women use a variety of ways to satisfy the energy requirements of nursing. To achieve such needs, changes in energy intake and expenditure must be balanced. In order to satisfy the increased energy requirements for breastfeeding, Goldberg et al. discovered that women increased food consumption (56 percent of the need for milk production) while reducing physical activity (44 percent of the energy need for milk production). Studies using double-labeled water indicate that measures of dietary intake can be inaccurate and that the components of energy expenditure vary widely. Therefore, it would be impossible to address each unique way that women meet their energy needs in a single recommendation for energy for lactating mothers.Always consider the mother's overall nutritional condition, weight changes, and the infant's growth when determining if a breastfeeding mother's energy intake is enough.


References

Brown, J. E., 2016. Nutrition Through the Life Cycle. In: J. E. Brown, ed. Nutrition Through the Life Cycle. United States of America : s.n., pp. 178.

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