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Breast-v.formula-feeding: impacts on the digestive tract and immediate and long-term health effects

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Le Huërou-Luron, Isabelle, Blat, Sophie, Boudry, Gaëlle·2010·Nutrition Research Reviews

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The health benefits of breast-feeding have been recognised for a long time. In particular, breast-feeding is associated with lower incidence of necrotising enterocolitis and diarrhoea during the early period of life and with lower incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases, type 2 diabetes and obesity later in life. The higher nutritional and protective degree of human milk is related to its nutritional composition that changes over the lactation period and to the biological activities of specific components while lower growth rate of breast-fed infants may be attributed to their self-regulation of milk intake at a lower level than formula-fed infants. Many results now suggest that the developmental changes in intestinal and pancreatic function that occur postnatally are modulated by the diet. Indeed, formula-feeding induces intestinal hypertrophy and accelerates maturation of hydrolysis capacities; it increases intestinal permeability and bacterial translocation, but does not induce evident differences in microbiota composition. Whether these changes would be beneficial for enhancing absorptive capacities and for educating the gut-associated immune system remains to be further studied. Moreover, it is evident that formula-feeding increases basal blood glucose and decreases plasma ketone body concentrations, while discrepancies on postprandial glycaemia, insulin and incretin responses in both human studies and experimental studies are inconclusive. Manipulating the composition of formula, by reducing protein content, adding prebiotics, growth factors or secretory IgA can modulate intestinal and pancreatic function development, and thereby may reduce the differential responses between breast-fed and formula-fed neonates. However, the developmental responses of the digestive tract to different feeding strategies must be elucidated in terms of sensitivity to developing diseases, taking into account the major role of the intestinal microbiota.

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Authors
Le Huërou-Luron, I., Blat, S., & Boudry, G.
Affiliations
Institut Agro Rennes-Angers (FR)
Venue
Nutrition Research Reviews
Published
2010-05-10
Volume
23
Issue
1
Pages
23-36
ISSN
  • 0954-4224 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-2700
OpenAlex
W2071698268
Cited by
407
References
124
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FWCI
22.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nutrition Research Reviews (publishedVersion)
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  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Infant Nutrition and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
Keywords
breastfeeding, bottle feeding, infant nutrition, breast milk, intestinal development, pancreatic development, intestinal permeability, bacterial translocation, gut microbiota, postprandial glycaemia, insulin response, incretins, prebiotics, secretory IgA, necrotizing enterocolitis, diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, infant growth
MeSH terms
Animals, Blood Glucose, Breast Feeding, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diarrhea, Digestive System, Female, Health Promotion, Health Status, Humans, Infant, Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Infant, Newborn, Intestines, Ketone Bodies, Milk, Human, Nutritive Value, Obesity, Pancreas, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Weight Gain, Enterocolitis, Necrotizing, Infant Formula

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