date:Mar 29, 2013
percent of 586 babies fed regular formula.
According to the authors, 25 babies would need to be fed formula with prebiotics to prevent one from developing eczema.
However, the researchers warn that the evidence behind this finding is weak, because it's only based on four studies that were different from each other. Also, they cannot say whether any benefit from prebiotics would last beyond infancy.
Dr. Frank Greer, a professor of pediatrics at Meriter Hospital's Wisconsin Perinatal Center in