Speakers

Prof. Ming Mao

Welcome & Chair

Prof. Berthold V. Koletzko

The critical role of lipids in infant nutrition as modulators of development and health.

• Exclusive breastfeeding is widely recommended as the first choice for infant nutrition. We know there are differences between breastfed and formula-fed infants with respect to short-and long-term outcomes. Compared to breast milk, standard formula shows differences in overall fatty acid composition, structure of triglycerides as well as physical properties of its lipid droplets. In infants, these differences appear to affect lipid digestion and absorption, postprandial metabolic responses, and may contribute to the observed differences in metabolic and health outcomes between breast- and formula fed infants. 

Prof. Jonathan R. Swann

Unveiling the Power of Metabolomics: Influence of large lipid droplets on the infant metabolome & lipidome 

• Breast milk contains milk fat globules with a highly complex and unique composition and structure, which results in a very efficient lipid digestion and absorption. The milk fat globules play an important role in the development of the gut and intestinal microbiota, and have implications for the phenotypic maturation of the holobiont. The Mercurius clinical study gives new insights in this fascinating topic. 

Program

Prof. Flavia Indrio

Introduction & chair

• Short video on the diagnosis & management of on infant colic & constipation and Aptamil Comfort formula composition & evidence

Dr Anna Fàbrega Riera

Case 1

• Mixed fed infant with inconsolable crying, cramps and constipation.

Dr Ivo Roberto Dorneles Prola

Case 2

• Infant with constipation on mixed feeding with standard infant formula