Original Investigation

Individually Targeted Human Milk Fortification

JAMA Pediatrics 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2026.4220

September 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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Findings in this randomized clinical trial do not support routine use of point-of-care human milk analysis to inform individually targeted human milk fortification in the NICU.

Corresponding Author: Mandy Brown Belfort, MD, MPH, Division of Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 221 Longwood Ave, BL-341, Boston, MA 02115 (mbelfort@bwh.harvard.edu).

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