A Lucas

..Whether the design of an anti-vacuum infant feeding bottle influences infant milk intake, growth or behavior is unknown, and was the subject of this randomized trial...

..To determine whether perinatal nutrition influences cognitive function at 7 1/2 - 8 years in children born preterm...

..These findings raise the possibility of genotype-specific prevention strategies in cardiovascular disease...

..CONCLUSIONS: Neither plasma vitamin E concentrations nor total antioxidant status achieved by dietary intake during young adulthood were related to vascular endothelial function or arterial distensibility...

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..To test the hypothesis that duration of breast feeding is related to changes in vascular function relevant to the development of cardiovascular disease...

..We undertook such a study to test the hypothesis that early diet programmes blood pressure in later life in children randomly assigned different diets at birth...

..Low plasma neonatal taurine was associated with lower scores on the Bayley mental development index at 18 months and the WISC-R arithmetic subtest at 7 years. Currently it is not mandatory to add taurine to infant formulas...

..Whether this is true of children born at >30 weeks gestation and what other factors predispose to this decline have yet to be determined...

..To our knowledge, this is the first report establishing a structural neural correlate of calculation ability in a group of neurologically normal individuals...

..The optimal age for the introduction of solid foods (weaning) in infants is poorly researched yet may have implications for both short and longer term health. Many parents do not comply with current guidelines...

..It is simple, quick and cheap, but less accurate than other methods. It has potential epidemiological value, but has conventionally required validation before application...

..Iron could theoretically increase pro-oxidant stress, with potential adverse effects, including infection risk, and some clinicians suspect that iron-fortified formulas induce gastrointestinal disturbance...

..Despite the greater complexity and expense of the MEP, the pumps showed similar efficacy. The MP was preferred by mothers. The novel, more physiological operation of the MP represents an advance in milk expression technology...

..These findings raise the hypothesis that improving linear growth in vulnerable children may be important in maximizing bone mass...

..To estimate the minimum number of days of recorded dietary intake needed to place infants and young children into thirds of a population distribution with an acceptable degree of accuracy...

..Whether this is a sufficient condition for the disorder or whether abnormality in other brain regions is also necessary remains to be determined...

..This raises the possibility that physiological levels of circulating n-3 fatty acids may protect the endothelium from early adulthood...

..Those born prematurely had lower cholesterol synthesis and breakdown, but their plasma cholesterol concentration was similar at this age. These parameters need to be studied in older cohorts...

..3) Our data raise the possibility that breastfed postdischarge preterm infants may require nutritional supplementation, currently under investigation...

..National and international recommendations for the age of introducing solid foods (weaning) are founded on insufficient evidence and little is known about the short and medium term consequences associated with early or late weaning...

..However, poor nutrition during the neonatal period may result in higher bone formation rates during childhood...

..We aimed to further investigate factors predicting childhood height and to test the hypothesis that evidence of early metabolic bone disease is associated with reduced later height...

..In contrast, childhood weight gain is the most important factor influencing insulin concentrations and this effect is the same regardless of early size...