Preventing diseases in infants delivered via caesarean section
AssigneeN.V. Nutricia
InventorsJoachim SCHMITT, Bernd STAHL, Jan KNOL
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Abstract
The present invention provides the use of a composition comprising non-digestible oligosaccharide for the manufacture of a composition for enteral administration to an infant delivered via caesarean section.
Claims20
A method for (i) treatment and/or prevention of a disorder in infants delivered via caesarean section and/or (ii) the stimulation of health in infants delivered via caesarean section, said method comprising administering to said infants a composition comprising non-digestible oligosaccharides.
A method for stimulating the development of a healthy intestinal flora and/or decreasing the occurrence of intestinal pathogens in an infant born via caesarean section comprising the steps of:
- a. admixing I) a nutritionally or pharmaceutically acceptable liquid;
- and II) a dry composition, wherein the dry composition II comprises at least one non-digestible oligosaccharide
- b. administering the composition obtained in step a) to the infant.
A method for providing nutrition to an infant delivered via caesarean section, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. admixing a composition comprising non-digestible oligosaccharide with a nutrition to be administered to the infant delivered via caesarean section;
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- b. administering the mixture obtained in step a) to the infant delivered via caesarean section.
A composition comprising at least 5 wt. % non-digestible oligosaccharide based on dry weight of the composition, wherein the cumulative weight of the non-digestible oligosaccharides is between 0.1 and 10 gram per serving.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.