Milk Product Safety and Household Food Hygiene Influence Bacterial Contamination of Infant Food in Peri-Urban Kenya [PDF]
BackgroundMilk is a common infant food in peri-urban Kenya that can transmit diarrhea-causing enteric pathogens. Little is known about how contamination of milk at point of purchase and household handling of milk-based infant foods contribute to infant ...
Vivian Hoffmann +6 more
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Infant Food Responsiveness in the Context of Temperament and Mothers' Use of Food to Soothe [PDF]
Parents' use of food to soothe an infants' non-hunger related distress may impair an infants' development of appetite self-regulation. Parents tend to use food to soothe if their infant has more ‘difficult' temperamental tendencies.
Holly A. Harris +4 more
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Relationship between maternal–infant gut microbiota and infant food allergy [PDF]
The gut microbiota plays a crucial role in food allergies. We sought to identify characteristics of the maternal gut microbiota in the third trimester and the infant gut microbiota in early life and the association of these microbiotas with infant food ...
Shuo Wang +8 more
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Evaluation of Mycotoxins in Infant Breast Milk and Infant Food, Reviewing the Literature Data. [PDF]
In this review, an analysis focusing on mycotoxin determination in infant breast milk and infant food has been summarised for the last fifteen years of research focused on the intended population group of 1–9 months.
Hernández M +4 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Energy, Sugars, Iron, and Vitamin B12 Content of Commercial Infant Food Pouches and Other Commercial Infant Foods on the New Zealand Market. [PDF]
There has been an important shift in the New Zealand infant food market over the past decade, with the majority of complementary foods now sold in “pouches”.
Katiforis I +5 more
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Exploration of Infant Food Microbial Composition from Formal and Informal Settings Using Viable Counts and 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing in Johannesburg, South Africa [PDF]
Diarrhoea is a considerable agent of disease and loss of life in children below age five in South Africa. Soweto, South Africa is an urban township in Johannesburg, with most of its population living in informal settlements. Informal settlements in areas
Wellington Torgby-Tetteh +2 more
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Impact of a Modified Version of Baby-Led Weaning on Infant Food and Nutrient Intakes: The BLISS Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]
Despite growing international interest in Baby-Led Weaning (BLW), we know almost nothing about food and nutrient intake in infants following baby-led approaches to infant feeding.
Williams Erickson L +12 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Implementation of omics tools for infant food microbial safety
Microbial safety of infant food is a priority for food producers, regulatory authorities and consumers. Infant food is destined to a particularly sensitive section of the population that is more susceptible to foodborne diseases if compared to the ...
Kalliopi Rantsiou +5 more
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Editorial: Infant food and intestinal immunity [PDF]
Yingwang Ye, Stephen Forsythe, Zhenbo Xu
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Background Infancy is an important life stage for obesity prevention efforts. Parents’ infant feeding practices influence the development of infants’ food preferences and eating behaviors and subsequently diet and weight.
Russell CG +9 more
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