Bifidobacteria are among the predominant microorganisms during infancy, being a dominant
microbial group in the healthy breastfed infant and playing a crucial role in newborns and …

Infant formulae are increasingly supplemented with probiotics, prebiotics, or synbiotics
despite uncertainties regarding their efficacy. The present article, developed by the …

Background Human milk is the gold standard for the nutrition of infants. Human milk
oligosaccharides (HMOs) are structurally diverse sugars highly abundant in human milk but …

Background Synbiotics, probiotics or prebiotics are being added to infant formula to promote
growth and development in infants. Previous reviews (2007 to 2011) on term infants given …

In this age group, diarrhea occurs 2.5 billion times annually 1 and causes 15% of childhood
deaths. 2 Diarrheal diseases claim 59 million disability-adjusted life years, nearly all from …

In this study, we systematically evaluated safety aspects in clinical trials with probiotics and
synbiotics in young infants (0-2 years of age). This study is an update of earlier reports and …

Gut flora and probiotics have potential to affect health and disease far beyond the gut. There
is increasing evidence that probiotics have beneficial effects in preventing a wide range of …

Probiotics are commonly prescribed to promote a healthy gut microbiome in children. Our
objective was to investigate the effects of probiotic supplementation on growth outcomes in …

The bacterial colonization is defined immediately after birth, through direct contact with
maternal microbiota and may be influenced during lactation. There is emerging evidence …

Low-birth-weight infants, in particular those with birth weights< 1,500 g, benefit from fortified
breast milk. Low protein intake is critical, because it is limiting growth. Long-term health …