METHODS FOR IMPROVING BONE HEALTH IN INFANTS USING PREBIOTICS

• Main Authors: CABRERA, RICARDO RUEDA, PEDROSA, JOSE MARIA LOPEZ, MARTIN, MANUEL MANZANO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 27.09.2012
• 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 are methods for improving bone health, strength and formation in an infant who may be susceptible to developing bone health issues from conception through adolescence. The methods include administration of a nutritional formulation including a prebiotic to a woman during pregnancy and optionally during lactation and breastfeeding of an infant. La présente invention concerne des procédés pour améliorer la santé, la résistance et la formation osseuses chez un nourrisson qui peut être susceptible de développer des problèmes de santé osseuse de la conception à l'adolescence. Les procédés comprennent l'administration d'une formulation nutritionnelle comprenant un prébiotique à une femme pendant la grossesse et éventuellement pendant la lactation et l'allaitement d'un nourrisson.