Should formula for infants provide arachidonic acid along with DHA? A position paper of the European Academy of Paediatrics and the Child Health Foundation

Accepted/In Press date: 9 September 2019

e-pub ahead of print date: 26 October 2019

Published date: 1 January 2020

Additional Information: Funding Information: Author disclosures: PCC has acted as an advisor or consultant to DSM, Danone/Nutricia, and Cargill. SEC has been a consultant for industry related to long-chain PUFAs. OH is a member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of Hero and Semper and has received honoraria from Arla Foods Ingredients. JC has consulted for Mead Johnson Nutrition, Wyeth/Nestlé, Fonterra Brands, and Ingenuity Foods. BK tends to be biased toward breastfeeding as a member of the German National Breastfeeding Committee and the national program Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly; chair of the Nutrition Committee, German Paediatric Society; and President Elect, the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich and its employee BK benefit from support for scientific and educational activities from the European Commission, European Research Council, German Ministry of Education and Research, US NIH, Government of Norway, and different health care and nutrition companies, predominantly as part of publicly funded research projects supported by the European Commission or German government. MD received a consultancy fee from Nutricia and speaker fees from Baxter, Nestlé, Semper, Fresenius, and Abbvie. CRM is a member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of Prolacta Biosciences Inc., Alcresta Therapeutics, and Fresenius Kabi, and consultant for Mead Johnson Nutrition. SJJS received support for consultancy from DSM. AL received payment or honoraria for lectures from Mead Johnson and Nestlé. PT received payment from Carrefour, Blédina, Mead Johnson, Nestlé, Novalac, Nutricia, PediAct, and Sodilac. UR participated in the Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series. CMS received traveling support from Unilever, DSM, and Sight and Life. All other authors report no conflicts of interest. Address correspondence to BK (e-mail: office.koletzko@med.lmu.de). Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2019 The Author(s).

Keywords: European Commission Formula Delegated Act 2016/127, breast milk substitutes, food safety, infant nutrition, long-chain PUFAs

Local EPrints ID: 434154

URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/434154

DOI: doi:10.1093/ajcn/nqz252

ISSN: 0002-9165

PURE UUID: 3028e608-0dd1-4550-b361-7cd788c2c0d2

ORCID for Philip Calder: orcid.org/0000-0002-6038-710X

Date deposited: 13 Sep 2019 16:30

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