Efficacy of probiotics in the role of weight gain in infants. A systematic review and meta analysis

Volume 20 No 8 (2022)

Dr M.R.Monicaasun, Dr Satya Lakshmi K, Dr Sathyanath D, Dr Shrikanth Muralidharan

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2022.20.8.NQ44604

Abstract

Probiotics are being used as an effective intervention in development and growth of underweight infants and children. Its application though is being limited across developing and under developed countries. The present review is aimed to collect recent clinical evidence in terms of anthropometric growth, decrease in frequency of crying among low birth weight infants to promote its use in clinical practice among alternative medicine practitioners.

Keywords

Probiotics, infants, weight gain

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