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BABY NUTRITION

Baby Nutrition related On-line conferences

 

 
Gut, Fat, Iron & Brain: where are we?

This symposium was organized by Danone Institute International in August 2008 on the occasion of the 3rd World Congress of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepathology and Nutrition in Iguassu, Brazil. The objective of this meeting between members of the Danone international Institutes and selected guests participants was to discuss new knowledge on how essential fatty acids and iron affect brain development before and after birth and what we can do to support foetal, infant and child brain development providing optimal nutrition to mothers and children during these critical periods.

                  

 

 
Risks and Benefits of rapid Early Growth

This pre-congress symposium was organized by Danone Institute International in October 2006 during the Europaediatrics 2006 Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The objective of this scientific conference was to review the most recent data on early nutrition as a determinant of future health in humans as well as animals models and to address practical nutritional recommendations for infants


 

 
Nutrition and its Impact on the Immune System of Infants

This symposium was organized by Danone Baby Nutrition in November 2006 in Rome. Researchers and experts in Nutrition gathered the more recent data on the impact of Nutrition on the Immune System in Infants. Please access each individual conference by clicking on the links below:

     -Modulation of the immune system in the year 2050: Visions and Prospects, Ian Sanderson
     -Modulation of gut microbiota, Seppo Salminen
     -Intestinal bacteria and the infant’s developing immune system, Agnes Wold
     -Priming of the immune system by feeding, Berthold Koletzko
     -Anti-inflammatory effects of insulin: Lessons from one of the bioactive peptides in human milk, Raanan Shamir
     -Immune modulating effects of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, with a focus on the perinatal period, Philip Calder
     -Food allergy in infants and young children, Christophe Dupont