Presented by Diane Lynn Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN on Tues, May 5, 2020. This presentation will review the various international recommendations and limited research studies related to human milk and breastfeeding and COVID-19 and discuss the conflicting recommendations. Despite conflicting recommendations regarding direct breastfeeding and skin to skin contact, all recommendations support the use of […]
Presented by Melissa Theurich, BSc , MPH, IBCLC on Tues, June 2, 2020. Commercial complementary foods are some of the first foods fed to infants in Europe. They make up a substantial proportion of diets of European infants and young children over the first two years of life. This webinar will review European and international recommendations […]
Nikoleta Lugonja, PhD Assistant Research Professor at the Institute of Chemistry, Technology & Metallury, National Institute at the University of Belgrade Serbia Research of Human Milk for Feeding Preterm Infants in Serbia About 4,000 children are born preterm in Serbia every year. Breast milk is both food and medicine for premature babies. The First Serbian […]
Presented by Dr. Maria Carmen Collado on Tues, July 7, 2020. Current evidence highlights the key role of early microbial colonization in promoting later health. Perturbations in this colonization process caused by factors such as C-section delivery, antibiotics, prematurity, etc., have been associated to a higher risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) later in life as […]
Stephanie Goguen, MSc and Sarah Turner PhD Cand.
Presented by Prof. Dr. Clemens Kunz on Tues, August 4, 2020. In recent years, the interest in human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) is exploding primarily due to the breakthrough in manufacturing HMOs on a large scale which can be used for commercial purposes. Hence, we are at the beginning of a new era in infant nutrition, […]
Presented by Prof Magnus Domellöf, MD, PhD on Tues, Sept 15, 2020. Breastfeeding is associated with many health benefits in the infant, including improved cognitive development and a reduced risk of infections. Human milk is a complex emulsion of fat globules surrounded by a triple phospholipid membrane, with membrane-bound complex lipids and proteins. Components of […]
Information and Opportunities Stephanie Martin, James Butcher, Anita Esquerra-Zwiers, Anuradha Ravi
Presented by Dr. Johann Demmelmair on Tuesday, Nov 3, 2020. Fat occurs in human milk as milk fat globules and provides about 50% of human milk energy. Although more than 200 fatty acids have been identified in human milk, there are only a limited number of fatty acids with quantitative relevance, but these form a […]