Study shows infants’ microbiomes shaped by physical contact with caregivers

A new study led by researchers at UCLA Health found that early life caregiving experiences including skin-to-skin contact at birth, number of individuals in physical contact with the infant at birth, and the amount of time infants were in physical contact with caregivers were significantly associated with the composition of the infant gut microbiome up to six months of age. The work is published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology. These factors explained up to 11% of variation in the microbiome among infants and were associated with altered abundance Read More

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