Allergy Awareness week to promote allergy awareness amongst the community and foster education is being held between the 14th-18th May 2012. This years focus is to make food service providers aware of the importance of allergy. It is estimated that one in ten children under 5 years of age have an allergy.
Two studies published in the Journal of Parental and Enteral Nutrition have shown that the addition of prebiotics and probiotics to infant formula were well tolerated and may have an effect on immunity.
A new study has found that children conceived by IVF have abnormalities in their blood vessels placing them at greater risk of future cardiovascular problems such as heart disease and stroke. While IVF has been helpful to many couples unable to conceive naturally, it may come at a cost to the child's health.
Vitamin D deficiency rickets has been shown to be a significant problem amongst refugee children in Australia, the highest incidence occurring in children from a Sudanese background. The study published in the Medical Journal of Australia, recommends all at risk children be screened for Vitamin D deficiency.
