REVIEW ER 'S CONCLUSIONS There is no evidence to support feeding with a hydrolysed formula for the prevention of allergy in preference to exclusive breast feeding .
In high risk infants who are unable to be completely breast fed , there is evidence that prolonged feeding with a hydrolysed compared to a cow 's milk formula reduces infant and childhood allergy and infant CMA .
BACKGROUND Allergies and food reactions are common and may be associated with foods including adapted cow 's milk formulas .
Formulas containing hydrolysed proteins have been used to treat infants with allergy or food intolerance , and have been advocated for prevention of allergy and food intolerance in infants .
OBJECTIVES To determine whether use of hydrolysed formulas for infant feeding prevents allergy and food intolerance .
If hydrolysed formulas are effective , to determine what type of hydrolysed formula is most effective including extensively and partially hydrolysed formulas .
To determine which infants benefit including infants at low or high risk of allergy and infants receiving early , short term or prolonged formula feeding .
Influence of maternal food antigen avoidance during pregnancy and lactation on incidence of atopic eczema in infants
Abstract . One hundred and twenty‐one women with history of a previous child with atopic disease were r and omly allocated during the next pregnancy to antigen avoidance or control groups . Dietary advice consisted of almost complete exclusion of milk and dairy products , egg , fish , beef and peanut throughout pregnancy and lactation . A total of 109 completed the study . Maternal antigen avoidance was associated with reduced occurrence of atopic eczema and the skin involvement was less extensive and milder . The beneficial effect was observed mainly in the breast‐fed group . Among the fifty‐five who completed the trial of antigen avoidance , seventeen infants developed atopic eczema , five out of thirty‐five who were breast‐fed and twelve out of twenty who were formula‐fed . Among the offspring of fifty‐four control mothers given no dietary restriction , eczema was observed in twenty‐four infants , eleven out of thirty‐six breast‐fed and thirteen of eighteen formula‐fed . Avoidance of common dietary allergens during pregnancy and lactation enhanced the preventive beneficial effect of exclusive breast feeding on the incidence of atopic eczema among infants at high risk
REVIEW ER 'S CONCLUSIONS There is no evidence to support feeding with a hydrolysed formula for the prevention of allergy in preference to exclusive breast feeding .
In high risk infants who are unable to be completely breast fed , there is evidence that prolonged feeding with a hydrolysed compared to a cow 's milk formula reduces infant and childhood allergy and infant CMA .
BACKGROUND Allergies and food reactions are common and may be associated with foods including adapted cow 's milk formulas .
Formulas containing hydrolysed proteins have been used to treat infants with allergy or food intolerance , and have been advocated for prevention of allergy and food intolerance in infants .
OBJECTIVES To determine whether use of hydrolysed formulas for infant feeding prevents allergy and food intolerance .
If hydrolysed formulas are effective , to determine what type of hydrolysed formula is most effective including extensively and partially hydrolysed formulas .
To determine which infants benefit including infants at low or high risk of allergy and infants receiving early , short term or prolonged formula feeding .