Methods for improving bone health in infants using prebiotics

• Main Authors: CABRERA RICARDO RUEDA, MARTIN MANUEL MANZANO, PEDROSA JOSE MARIA LOPEZ
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.02.2015
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

Disclosed is the use of a prebiotic in the manufacture of a medicament for improving bone health, increasing bone strength, or promoting bone formation in an infant, where the medication is a nutritional formulation administered to a pregnant woman.