Infant and young child food have received special attention from the government and society as a type of specialized food. In recent years, there have been numerous outbreaks of infections and poisons in infant food. As a result, quality control and government oversight are becoming more stringent over the world. Infant food is a type of nourishment that has a finely balanced composition that aims to mimic breast milk, the gold standard, as nearly as possible. The baby food industry nowadays offers a wide range of products trying to fulfill the changing needs of newborns and young children in their early stages of life. In addition, infant food serves as food for a group of our population that is more vulnerable to pathogens and toxins. Consequently, the research about infant food and intestinal immunity is of importance for infant health and development.
This Research Topic aims to contribute to providing the knowledge about the relationship between infant food and intestinal immunity by presenting current and novel research being to obtain information about intestinal health, intestinal immunity, intestinal microflora, intestinal inflammation, which will guide consumption of infant food and its production.
In this Research Topic, we welcome submissions of Original Research, Review and Mini-Review articles focus on but not limited to the following topics:
• infant formula and intestinal health;
• infant nutrition and microflora, intestinal inflammation;
• toxins in infant food and intestinal immunity.
Infant and young child food have received special attention from the government and society as a type of specialized food. In recent years, there have been numerous outbreaks of infections and poisons in infant food. As a result, quality control and government oversight are becoming more stringent over the world. Infant food is a type of nourishment that has a finely balanced composition that aims to mimic breast milk, the gold standard, as nearly as possible. The baby food industry nowadays offers a wide range of products trying to fulfill the changing needs of newborns and young children in their early stages of life. In addition, infant food serves as food for a group of our population that is more vulnerable to pathogens and toxins. Consequently, the research about infant food and intestinal immunity is of importance for infant health and development.
This Research Topic aims to contribute to providing the knowledge about the relationship between infant food and intestinal immunity by presenting current and novel research being to obtain information about intestinal health, intestinal immunity, intestinal microflora, intestinal inflammation, which will guide consumption of infant food and its production.
In this Research Topic, we welcome submissions of Original Research, Review and Mini-Review articles focus on but not limited to the following topics:
• infant formula and intestinal health;
• infant nutrition and microflora, intestinal inflammation;
• toxins in infant food and intestinal immunity.