No statistically significant subgroup differences were found according to infant risk of allergy or type of infant feed .
There is some evidence that a prebiotic supplement added to infant feeds may prevent eczema .
It is unclear whether the use of prebiotic should be restricted to infants at high risk of allergy or may have an effect in low risk population s ; or whether it may have an effect on other allergic diseases including asthma
BACKGROUND Prebiotics ( commonly oligosaccharides ) added to infant feeds have the potential to prevent sensitisation of infants to dietary allergens .
OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of prebiotic given to infants for the prevention of allergy .
Effects of probiotic and prebiotic on gastrointestinal motility in newborns.
To fortify the biological role of milk formula has been suggested to use probiotics and prebiotics as functional components to mimic the effect of breast milk . The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of prebiotic , probiotic added to a st and ard formula on gastrointestinal motility respect to placebo-formula .  Cutaneous electrogastrography ( EGG ) and ultrasound gastric emptying ( GE ) were performed in 49 preterm newborns . 17 newborns were exclusively breast-fed ; 32 were r and omly assigned to receive prebiotic-added formula ( 0.8 g/dl of a mixture from scGOS and lcFOS , ratio 9:1 ) ( 10 ) , a probiotic-added formula ( L. reuteri at dose of 1x10(8 ) colony forming units ( CFU ) per day ) ( 10 ) , a formula with placebo ( 12 ) for 30 days . No difference was seen in the nutritional parameters and no adverse events were reported . After the intervention period , the prebiotic , probiotic , and breast milk groups showed a higher percentage of EGG slow wave propagation and faster gastric half emptying time respect to placebo group ( ANOVAon ranks p<0.001 ; Dunn test vs control : prebiotic , probiotic and breast-milk vs placebo formula p<0.05 ; and ANOVA on ranks p=0.005 ; Dunn test vs control : prebiotic , probiotic and breast-milk vs placebo formula p<0.05 , respectively ) . Feeding preterm infants with a formula supplemented with prebiotics or probiotics may stimulate gastric emptying and improve maturation of the EGG activity mimicking the effect of breast milk
No statistically significant subgroup differences were found according to infant risk of allergy or type of infant feed .
There is some evidence that a prebiotic supplement added to infant feeds may prevent eczema .
It is unclear whether the use of prebiotic should be restricted to infants at high risk of allergy or may have an effect in low risk population s ; or whether it may have an effect on other allergic diseases including asthma
BACKGROUND Prebiotics ( commonly oligosaccharides ) added to infant feeds have the potential to prevent sensitisation of infants to dietary allergens .
OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of prebiotic given to infants for the prevention of allergy .