Feeding cow’s milk to toddlers below the age of one year is a growing factor behind allergic diseases, including in the respiratory and digestive system, as they cannot tolerate protein in the milk, experts said.
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According to experts:
- Stating that infants who do not get breast milk need an alternate form of nutrition to maintain their health.
- The child experts said if cow’s milk is fed at such an initial age then the low concentration of iron.
- And its consumption during infancy is linked to anemia.
- Though cow’s milk is associated to our culture for ages.
- In addition,it should not be given to toddlers below one year.
- It may put a strain on the infant’s immature kidney and is also difficult to digest,” said experts.
- While older infants can be fed with household complementary food.
- Younger ones need special hydrolysed and amino acid-based formula which do not produce allergy.
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According to the surveys:
- As per the Survey, only 40 per cent of children were introduced timely complementary foods.
- While only 10 per cent children between six to 23 months received adequate diets.
- The infants are given cow milk in India as awareness is low among the people especially in rural areas.
- As per the Survey, 42 per cent of non-breastfed infants below one year received cow’s milk or any other milk.
- Allergic diseases are on the rise worldwide.
- The incidents are more in developed countries though it is on the rise in India as well.
- Milk allergy is the most common allergy in children.
- Around 3 per cent of children can’t tolerate milk protein in animal milk.
- Milk allergic infants, who do not get breast milk, need an alternate form of nutrition to maintain their health.
- Allergy is a result of one or more cow’s milk proteins triggering an adverse reaction by our body’s immune system.
- The symptoms vary and may affect several organ systems.
- Such as skin, digestive or the respiratory tract.
- In addition,possibly resulting in skin rash, eczema, vomiting, diarrhoea, colic, wheezing or excessive crying.
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