Growth and gastrointestinal tolerance of healthy formula-fed infants: a multicentre, prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infant formula with human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) and increased β-palmitate mimics breast milk nutritional composition and clinical benefits. We aimed to assess formula-fed infant growth, gastrointestinal tolerance, infections, and parental satisfaction with a partly fermented infant formula with an improved lipid profile (enriched with β-palmitate and docosahexaenoic/arachidonic acid) and short and long-chain oligosaccharides (scGOS/lcFOS [9:1]) and HMOs.

Methods

A prospective descriptive observational study in healthy infants with formula feeding or breastfeeding (reference population) was conducted in six Spanish primary care centres following routine clinical practice. In the first, second and fourth month of life visits sociodemographic, clinical, and an

SUBMITTER: Blesa-Baviera L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11934750 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature