 It is therefore reasonable to suggest that providing preterm infants with a milk-based ready-to-feed RTF preterm infant formula with DHA and ARA supplemented with carotenoids, which are found in human milk, would result in serum carotenoid levels more like the breastfed infant. Further, increased dietary carotenoid intake by preterm infants might decrease the prevalence of morbidities that are associated with prematurity, such as ROP, bronchopulmonary dysplasia BPD, and intraventricular hemorrhage IVH. 