Infant Feeding (1)
Milk-related data (quantitative)

1) Human milk
a) 100 millilitres (ml) = 64 Calories (kcal) or 268 kilojoules (kJ)
b) 1 fluid ounce (28.4 millilitres) = 18.2 Calories (kcal) or 76.1 kilojoules

2) Infant formula (normal dilution)
a) 100 ml = 67 Calories (kcal) or 280 kJ
b) 1 fluid ounce = 19 Calories (kcal) or 79.5 kJ

3) Cow’s milk
a) 100 ml = 66 Calories (kcal) or 276 kJ
b) 1 fluid ounce = 18.7 Calories (kcal) or 78.2 kJ

4) Working average for (1), (2) and (3)
a) 100 millilitres = 65 Calories (kcal) or 272 kilojoules (kJ)
b) 1 fluid ounce = 18 Calories or 75 kilojoules (kJ)

5) Consumption of human milk [per pound] and {per kilogram} of body weight
respectively =
a) [2.5 ounces]-----{5.5 ounces}
b) [70 millilitres]-----{154 millilitres}
c) [45 Calories or kcal]-----{99 Calories or kcal}
d) [188 kilojoules or kJ ]-----{413 kJ}

6) Human milk production per day is about =
a) 25 ounces per day
b) 700 millilitres
c) 455 Calories (kcal)
d) 1904 kilojoules (kJ)

[Note:
a) There is considerable variation among women
b) Variation occurs also in the same woman from time to time depending primarily on the infant’s feeding rate].

7) 1 litre =
a) 1000 millilitres
b) 1.76 pints (pt) [roughly 1 and three quarter pint]
c) 35.2 fluid ounces

8. 1 pint=
a) 20 fluid ounces
b) 568 millilitres

9) 1 fluid ounce =
a) 28.4 millilitres