Publications by authors named "Veronique Chapalain"
Aim: Infectious diseases in infants are a major public health issue. Synbiotic-enriched formulas (EF) are intended to mimic the beneficial effects of human milk on infectious diseases. We performed an observational study in infants switching to follow-on formula to determine the effects of synbiotic-enriched formula compared to standard formula (SF).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Reliable field methods to measure fat mass (FM) in children may contribute to primary prevention of childhood obesity.
Aim: The objective was to compare the accuracy of existing field methods (skinfold thickness (SF), leg-to-leg bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), anthropometrics for FM measurement in prepubertal European children.
Subjects And Methods: Reference FM was measured in 55 French children (30 boys, 25 girls; mean age 8.
Objective: To test the hypothesis that family dietary coaching would improve nutritional intakes and weight control in free-living (noninstitutionalized) children and parents.
Design: Randomized controlled trial.
Setting: Fifty-four elementary schools in Paris, France.
A comparative, randomised, double-blind trial was performed in the medical departments of five hospitals to study the effects of regular consumption of short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides (sc-FOS) on the digestive comfort of subjects with minor functional bowel disorders (FBD). In step 1, 2235 subjects were questioned to assess the incidence and intensity of digestive disorders. In step 2, 105 of these patients diagnosed with minor FBD were randomised into two groups to receive either 5 g sc-FOS or 5 g placebo (sucrose and maltodextrins) per d over a 6-week period.
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