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The questions below should help focus the reading of this article. 1. What steps have been taken to make cow milk-based formulas more like breast milk? 2. How does the efficiency of absorp-tion vary among various carbohy-drates and fats in the infant? 3. How do whey and casein differ in their contributions to infant nutrition? 4. How are manufactured formulas for very low birth weight infants modified to render them unlike breast milk and probably more suitable than human milk for the infant? EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES There is no specific Educational Objective on the topic of new for-mulas in 1990-91, but gastroenter-ology is a Topic for Review. The following Educational Objectives concern feeding of the low birth weight infant: 165. The pediatrician should have the appropriate ability to manage the dietary needs of infants surviv-ing very low birth weight. (Recent Advances, 90/91) 166. The pediatrician should know the appropriate information nec-essary to advise mothers regard-ing breast-feeding of premature in-fants. (Recent Advances, 90/91