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Filter by:The overall objective is to characterize the developmental characteristics of MRI measured neural flexibility, as an index of cognitive flexibility, in Chinese toddlers (32 to 42 months old).
The objective of this study is to examine how infant egg consumption (age of introduction and frequency of intake) influences physical growth, obesity, cardio-metabolic health, risk of food allergy, and cognition development in mid-childhood and adolescence.
Human milk (HM) is the gold standard of early infant nutrition. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommend that newborns be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life. It has beed reported that an exclusive breast feeding at 6 months of age range from 10 to 46%. Thus, the intake of infant formulas (IF) is quite widespread, including infants that have less than 6 months that are not receiving breast milk. Most of the commercial IF are cow's milk-based formulas that have a higher concentration of protein than breast milk and have a different protein composition. Commercial IF have a low proportion of alpha lactoalbumin, and A1 β-casein; during its digestion, a β-casomorphin 7 peptide is produced. In addition, it has a high concentration of β-lactoglobulin. Both, β-casomorphin 7 and β-lactoglobulin have been associated with a higher risk of diabetes obesity and allergies. Human β-casein does not produce β-casomorphin 7 during its digestion, it has a high concentration of alpha-lactoalbumin and does not have β-lactoglobulin. The purpose of this study is to evaluate growth, gastrointestinal tolerance, and β-casomorphin 7 in urine of infants that are exclusively breastfed compared to infants fed three IF with different proteint content.
The purpose of this study is to learn whether a combination of two research-proven programs, a responsive caregiving parenting program and a teacher training program, will have an effect on infants' and toddlers' language, cognitive, social-emotional, and self-regulation skills. The interventions are designed to specifically target parent use of a responsive, stimulating caregiving style in the home in combination with teacher instructional practices and the use of a responsive interactive style in the classroom.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of individualized performance feedback coupled with an educational module in improving resident performance of the physical and developmental examination component of developmental surveillance of infants at the two month preventive care visit.