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International Conference on
Food Safety and Hygiene
Nutrition, Food Science and Technology
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Journal of Food Technology and Preservation | Volume 3
Breast feeding and Epigenetic
Virginie Rigourd
Human Milk Bank, France
T
hehumanmilk of part its nutritional andbiologic properties
stays the standard gold for the nutrition of the newborn
child and the infant. The most recent studies confirm that
the volume and the nutritional quality of the milk depend on
numerous environmental, nutritional, genetic and epigenetic
factors. Some of them could be modifiable or adjustable and
during the critical period of 1000 days could impact the quality
of themilk and thus thehealthof the infant andeven the future
adult but also the health of the mother. One day, we could
respondtospecificneedsusinghumanmilkasa“lactothérapy”.
Speaker Biography
Virginie Rigourd is the managing director of the Human Milk Bank of Ile de France. He
has graduated from the Medicine University in Paris, France in 1998 and finished post
graduate training in 2003 from the same university on intra uterin growth retardation
topics. She worked as paediatrician ahead of Ile de France Milk Bank, Paris, France
and neonatalogiste in NICU at Necker Hospital, Paris, France. Member of the French
Milk Bank Association and European Milk Bank Association. Since 2002 she worked as
a national consultant, providing assessments of human milk security and on projects
on human milk quality. Dr. Rigourd has carried out few researches on medication and
breast feeding. During her work she has gained local and national recognition for her
different advice on breast feeding and on practice around human milk in NICIU.
e:
virginie.rigourd@nck.aphp.frVirginie Rigourd
, J Food Technol Pres, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4066/2591-796X-C1-005