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Functional foods in pediatrics.

M Van den Driessche1, G Veereman-Wauters

  • 1University Hospitals Leuven, Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. mieke.vandendriessche@uz.kuleuven.ac.be

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica
|May 17, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Functional foods offer health benefits beyond basic nutrition, aiding disease prevention. Research focuses on probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics for pediatric health and managing conditions like necrotising enterocolitis.

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Area of Science:

  • Functional food science
  • Nutritional science
  • Pediatric nutrition

Background:

  • The concept of food providing health benefits beyond nutrition is emerging.
  • Functional foods, originating in Japan, are defined as foods or ingredients offering health advantages and disease prevention.
  • Despite growing interest, regulatory frameworks for functional foods are still developing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the role and applications of functional foods in pediatric health.
  • To review the potential of functional foods in preventing and managing pediatric diseases.
  • To highlight the significance of specific functional food categories, particularly probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics.

Main Methods:

  • Categorization of functional foods into five groups: dietary fibers, vitamins/minerals, bioactive substances, fatty acids, and pro-/pre-/symbiotics.
  • Review of existing literature on the application of functional foods in pediatrics, including prenatal development, infant nutrition, and specific pediatric conditions.
  • Focus on the impact of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics on gut flora modulation and health outcomes.

Main Results:

  • Functional foods play a role from prenatal development through infancy, with human milk supporting growth and pro-/prebiotics modulating gut flora.
  • Functional foods show potential in reducing the severity of pediatric diseases such as necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, intestinal allergy, and lactose intolerance.
  • Specific categories like pro-, pre-, and synbiotics are key areas of current research for their health benefits.

Conclusions:

  • Functional foods are valuable in improving health and preventing diseases in pediatric populations.
  • The application of functional foods, especially those containing pro-, pre-, and synbiotics, offers significant advantages in pediatric care.
  • Further research and regulatory clarity are needed to fully leverage the potential of functional foods in pediatrics.

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