Allergies - immunity

• What is the latest suggestion on weaning and prevention of food allergy for Asian babies?

• An overview of nutrients and foods important for immune health

• Precautions and contraindications surrounding child immunisation
• Potential nutrition interventions to help increase vaccine efficacy

• New awareness tool for cow’s milk allergy-related symptoms for young children
• Multiple approaches for allergy prevention

This randomized controlled trial found that oral immunotherapy with hydrolyzed cow’s milk protein-based formula (pHF) may safely enhance tolerance to cow’s milk in children with cow’s milk allergy (CMPA), suggesting it may be a potential therapeutic strategy for this group.

This review paper provided an overview of the physiology, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis and treatment of lactose intolerance, while also addressing misconceptions such as whether infants with cow’s milk allergy can tolerate dietary lactose.

This review paper summarized results from eight clinical trials and confirmed that partially hydrolyzed whey-based formula supports normal growth, and potentially reduces the risk of atopic dermatitis in non-exclusively breastfed infants from the general population during the first four to six mo

This article explores how human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) may be associated with food sensitization and allergies in infants.

A prospective birth cohort in Ireland revealed that higher intake of fish and vegetables was inversely related to asthma. The results additionally indicated that vitamin D intake during pregnancy is related to asthma risk in offspring over the first 10-year period.

In order to protect infants and children from serious infectious diseases, the Department of Health of Hong Kong provides a free comprehensive childhood immunisation programme¹ in Maternal & Child Health Centres.