Comparative fat absorption in healthy termed infants consuming infant formulae with different fat blends.

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalOverview of Medical Research in the Netherlands
Year 2017
INTERVENTION: Following recruitment and before treatment allocation all infants will be fed with a standard formula and this will be considered as a wash‐out period. After the washout period, at week 0, half of the infants will be randomly allocated to receive for 2 weeks (Period I) the standard formula, while the other half of the infants will be randomly allocated to receive a milk fat formula. After 2 weeks, the two groups will be crossed‐over to receive the other formulae for the subsequent 2 weeks (Period II). CONDITION: Fat absorption, Calcium absorption, Stool consistency ; ; PRIMARY OUTCOME: Fatty acids absorption SECONDARY OUTCOME: Calcium absorption and gut comfort. INCLUSION CRITERIA: ‐ Full‐term, healthy infants (born at gestational age =37 weeks). ‐ "Appropriate for gestational age" birthweight (i.e. 10th centile = Birth weight = 90th centile). ‐ Age at enrolment: between 9th‐14th week ‐ Exclusively formula fed infants before and during the entire intervention period. ‐ Parents willing and agreeing to initiate complementary feeding after the end of endpoint measurements, i.e. after the completion of the 5th month of age ‐ Parents willing to collect stools and fill in all study questionnaires and diaries during the entire intervention period ‐ Written informed consent
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