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Strategies to prevent early-life food allergen sensitisation prior to commencement of solid foods are needed and should be the focus of future research
Once upon a time it was infectious diseases like polio, measles or tuberculosis that most worried parents. With these threats now largely under control, parents face a new challenge – sky-rocketing rates of non-infectious diseases such as asthma, allergies and autism.
Infant growth trajectory may influence later-life obesity. Human milk provides a wide range of nutritional and bioactive components that are vital for infant growth. Compared to formula-fed infants, breastfed infants are less likely to develop later-onset obesity, highlighting the potential role of bioactive components present in human milk.
The vision of the Nutrition in Early Life team is to work together with the community to produce quality research, for improving our knowledge of how a mother’s diet during pregnancy and breastfeeding can improve both her and her child’s health.
A study led by The Kids Research Institute Australia has suggested vitamin D supplementation in babies is no match for sunlight when it comes to preventing eczema.
This review article examines the evidence of the impact of in utero and postnatal vitamin D exposure on allergy risk in childhood
Reliance on increasing use of dietary supplementation and fortification (eg, with folate) to compensate for increased consumption of processed foods is also...
Vitamin D status in early life has been linked to the risk of allergic disease in multiple observational studies.
As the prevalence of allergic disease dramatically rises worldwide, prevention strategies are increasingly being considered.
Increased maternal egg ingestion is associated with increased breastmilk ovalbumin, and markers of immune tolerance in infants