Hypoallergenic Infant Formulas

The American Academy of Pediatrics is committed to breastfeeding as the ideal source of nutrition for infants. For those infants who are formula-fed, either as a supplement to breastfeeding or exclusively during their infancy, it is common practice for pediatricians to change the formula when sympto...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2000-08, Vol.106 (2), p.346-349
Main Authors: Baker, Susan S, Cochran, William J, Greer, Frank R, Heyman, Melvin B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Allergies
Baby foods
Biological and medical sciences
Complications and side effects
Feeding. Feeding behavior
Food allergy in children
Food and nutrition
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Infant formulas
Infants
Pediatric food hypersensitivity
Pediatrics
Prevention
Proteins
Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
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Summary:The American Academy of Pediatrics is committed to breastfeeding as the ideal source of nutrition for infants. For those infants who are formula-fed, either as a supplement to breastfeeding or exclusively during their infancy, it is common practice for pediatricians to change the formula when symptoms of intolerance occur. Decisions about when the formula should be changed and which formula should be used vary significantly, however, among pediatric practitioners. This statement clarifies some of these issues as they relate to protein hypersensitivity (protein allergy), one of the causes of adverse reactions to feeding during infancy.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.106.2.346