Intervention Helps Prevent Asthma In High-Risk Infants - Brief Article

Nutrition Health Review, Wntr, 2001

CANADA--An intervention program has resulted in a modest but significant reduction in the risk of possible or probable asthma and rhinitis without apparent colds at the age of 12 months in high-risk infants, according to a recent article in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

Moira Chan-Yeung, MD, from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and colleagues undertook a randomized, controlled study of 545 infants at high risk for asthma to assess the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention program in the primary prevention of asthma.

Interventions include (1) avoidance of house dust mite and pet allergens and environmental tobacco smoke, (2) encouragement of breast-feeding, and (3) supplementation with a partially hydrolyzed formula.

(From Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2000; Vol. 154:657-663)