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Prebiotic oligosaccharides
What they are and how they can support a baby’s natural immune system. Breastmilk changes according to a baby’s needs. It varies from mother to mother and day to day. In fact, even during a feed the composition will change to match baby’s ...
The Immune System
What is the immune system? The body's natural defence against illnesses that can be caused by foreign microorganisms such as viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites. Why does a baby's immune system need support?
  • A newborn baby's immune system isn't fully mature, ...
    • Digestion
    Digestion is the process of breaking food down into components that can be absorbed and utilised by the body. An infant’s digestive system is still immature, which means that they have different nutritional requirements to an adult and needs nutrients in an ...
    Nutrition
    The nutrition an infant receives is vitally important to their growth and development and has long-term effects on their health. Their needs are very different from those of an adult as they going through a phase of extremely rapid growth, with various organs ...
    Food Allergy and Intolerance
    Food allergies are adverse immune reactions to food proteins and are more common in infants than adults. They differ from food intolerances, which do not involve the immune system and instead may be due to a physiological inability to digest a food due to ...
    Pregnancy
    Pregnancy is a time of great wonder for mother as the fetus grows and develops and their body undergoes a series of changes to adapt to the needs of their baby. Naturally, mothers are fascinated by all this and deeply interested in understanding what is happening ...
    Breastfeeding
    For most of human history there has been just one source of nutrition for babies before weaning, that is of course human milk suckled from the breast. Only in the last 100 or so years have substitutes based on modified cows’ milk been available and even today, ...
    Bottlefeeding
    Breastfeeding is the best form of nutrition an infant can receive as it meets their specific nutritional and physiological needs for the first six months of life, but for mothers who cannot or choose not to breastfeed, for whatever reason, bottlefeeding with ...
    The Preterm Infant
    Understand how preterm infants differ physiologically from term infants and how this influences their nutritional requirements. What is a preterm infant? A preterm infant is one born before 37 weeks gestation. As well as defined by time spent in utero, preterm ...
    The Weaning & Toddler Diet
    Weaning presents a whole new experience for babies as they move from a milk diet to one which includes foods too. It is also often a time when parents are looking to their Healthcare Professional for advice. This section covers a number of topics including ...
    Ethnic and Special Diets
    Increasingly we are interacting with people of different cultures, religions and beliefs as society diversifies. This diversity may have implications for diet; ranging from groups who choose not to eat meat for personal reasons, through to a variety of ethnic ...
    Professional Issues, Policy & Legislation
    New items, hot topics, sensitive questions, find them discussed here. ...
    From the Web
    News on infant nutrition and childcare issues from accross the web Keep up to date with the latest news from across the web, collated by In Practice to make it easy for you to stay in touch with the latest hot topics. Please note: This page contains links ...
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