Breast milk composition, maternal, infant and child gastrointestinal microbiome, maternal diet
Conditions
Interventions
No intervention. . This study will investigate possible differences in breast milk composition from Vietnamese women living in urban (Hanoi and HCMC) and rural (Ha Long Bay [fish-eating], Phu Tho and
Sponsors
National Institute for Food Control
150 1 - 24T 1 Complex Building - Trunghoa -
Nhanchinh - Thanh Xuan
Hanoi - Vietnam
UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Apparently healthy, well-nourished Vietnamese lactating women, who gave normal vaginal birth to an apparently healthy term infant (± 4 weeks old). • No pregnancy complications • This new-born, with normal birth proportion according to the region, is at least their second child and the new born is breastfed (at least 75% of total diary milk intake) • Apparently healthy brother or sister in the age of 1-4 years, with no signs of diarrhea and who were breastfed during the first months of infancy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • Medication that may influence the breast milk composition (medicines that require a special diet, or disturb appetite, or are known to affect the intestinal bacteria) • Maternal BMI before pregnancy was not in the normal range (<23).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Composition of breast milk and its relationship with the maternal diet, Microbiome of the breastfed infant | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Relationship between the microbiome of the breastfed infant and the microbiome of an older brother or sister | — |
Contacts
Public ContactAnne Schaafsma
P.O.Box 226
Outcome results
None listed