atopy can be defined as the genetically determined risk to develop allergic disease. avoidance of one specific allergen may decrease the risk for sensitization against this allergen, but it will not affect atopy. our aim was to investigate if exclusive breast-feeding is associated with atopic dermatitis during the first 5 years of life. data on 200 children were taken from parental-administered...

Vitamin D deficiency is a common health problem in infancy. Breast-fed infants are at a higher risk of rickets than formula-fed infants. We observed fluctuations in vitamin D levels in infancy (phase I, 2009-2010) and considered the benefits of vitamin D supplementation specifically in exclusively breast-fed infants in Japan (phase II, 2015). Infants born at our hospital were enrolled in this s...

Results: At birth and at six months the mean serum Zinc level in the study and control group was 0.87±0.398, 1.03±0.567, 0.88±0.248, 0.83±0.355mg/L respectively. The SZnR 6/B is significantly higher in study group as compared to controls (1.153 ± 0.55 Vs 0.913±0.438, p<0.01) suggesting better maintained serum zinc levels in zinc supplemented infants. Zinc supplemented exclusively breast fed inf...

AIMS To assess the associations of type and duration of infant feeding with components of the metabolic syndrome in children aged 9 and 15. METHODS A total of 2192 randomly selected schoolchildren aged 9 and 15 years from Estonia (n = 1174) and Denmark (n = 1018) were studied. Insulin resistance (homoeostasis model assessment), triglyceride levels, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and sy...

Data were prospectively obtained from exclusively breast-fed healthy term neonates at birth and from healthy mothers with no obstetric complication to determine risk factors for excess weight loss and hypernatremia in exclusively breast-fed infants. Thirty-four neonates with a weight loss > or = 10% were diagnosed between April 2001 and January 2005. Six of 18 infants who were eligible for the ...