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Record Nr.

UNINA9910346847403321

Autore

Vandenplas Yvan

Titolo

Probiotics and Prebiotics in Pediatrics / Yvan Vandenplas, Francesco Savino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , 2019

ISBN

9783038979517

3038979511

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (258 p.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The goal of this Special Issue, "Probiotics and Prebiotics in Pediatrics", is to focus on the importance of pediatric nutrition with probiotics and prebiotics to improve gastrointestinal health in newborn, infants, and children.Specifically, the aim is to clarify if probiotics and prebiotics can influence gut microbiota composition and host-interaction favoring human health and preventing diseases.This new information will provide health care professionals with a widespread, clear and update evidence on probiotics and prebiotics and intestinal gut microbiota in pediatric care.