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We appreciate the insightful comments made by Kanwal et  al about our article and the opportunity to respond. Kanwal et al discuss that postnatal weight loss mainly depends on the contraction of fetal extracellular water volume. Although we agree about the important role of extracellular water contraction, several studies show that excessive postnatal weight loss occurs mostly when energy and protein intake is inadequate and providing early adequate nutrition minimizes postnatal weight loss.1-4 Regarding the lack of difference in the time to regain birthweight, our study was not powered to detect this difference.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research