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Savino F
Department of Pediatrics
Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita
City health and science of Turin
Piazza Poland
Torino - Italy
He studies nutrition, metabolism of early childhood, in particular hormones such as Leptin, IGF-1, Ghrelin, Adiponectin of breast-fed and formula-fed infants. He takes interest in clinical-dietetic-therapeutic aspects of infantile colics. He some study on new formulas for treating colicky formula fed infants and performed some international relevant trials on the effect of probiotics on colicky infants. Besides, he studies in detail some aspects of gut microbiota of colicky infants such low level of lactobacilli and increased concentration of E.Coli. He is involved in Cochrane reviews on pain relieving agents for infantile colic and Dietary treatment for infantile colic. He is author of more than 120 scientific reports.
Paediatrics, Nutrition, Gastrointestinal disorders