This chapter explores a study that investigates the effects of daily skin-to-skin contact on the development of microbiota in healthy full-term infants, revealing differences in microbiota composition and lower microbiota age in the skin-to-skin care group.
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Daily skin-to-skin contact alters microbiota development in healthy full-term infants.
Eckermann HA, Meijer J, Cooijmans K, Lahti L, de Weerth C.Gut Microbes. 2024 Jan-Dec;16(1):2295403. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2023.2295403. Epub 2024 Jan 10.PMID: 38197254 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
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