GOLD Learning Speakers
Rolinde Demeyer, RD, PhD
- Speaker Type: Forming Comprehensive Conversations for Common Breastfeeding Challenges Lecture Pack 2023
- Country: Belgium
Biography:
Rolinde obtained a PhD in applied biological sciences at Ghent University in 2011 and authored several peer reviewed articles. After a career as a scientist, she started her private practice “Op de groei”, where she works as a pediatric dietitian and lactation consultant. Rolinde has a special interest in allergies, starting solids and picky eating and is the author of several books on cow’s milk allergy and feeding in the first years of life. Rolinde is known for the critical eye with which she translates science into practical information.
CE Library Presentation(s) Available Online:
Taking a Closer Look at Cow's Milk Protein Allergy and Breastfeeding
Cow’s milk protein allergy is one of the most common food allergies in young children, diagnosed in 1/200 breastfed infants. Both underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis can have negative implications for mother and child, underlining the importance of a timely and correct diagnosis. An adequate management of a cow’s milk protein allergy should not only focus on the correct elimination of cow’s milk proteins, but also on practical advice on adaption of family meals and nutritional adequacy for the breastfeeding mother and infant.
Research shows that 85% of children develop tolerance to cow’s milk proteins, on average between the age of one and three years old. This presentation will include when and how reintroduction with cow’s milk should occur to determine acquisition of tolerance in the breastfed infant.
Finally, we will discuss whether the development of a cow’s milk protein allergy can be prevented and which factors raise the risk of developing a cow’s milk protein allergy.
Presentations:
6 | Hours / CE Credits: 6
| Viewing Time: 4 Weeks
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) | Categories:
(IBCLC) Development and Nutrition, Allergies & Breastfeeding
