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Clinical Implications of Dysbiosis in Infants

Program Date: 29 September 2025

Publication Date: 29 September 2025

Continuing Education Credits: Nurse Contact 1.0 CE; Dietitian 1.0 CPEU

Course Description

In this course, Yvan Vandenplas, MD, PhD, will discuss the impact of human milk on the composition and functionality of gut microbiota; explore the relationship between dysbiosis and various health conditions in children; and examine the gut-brain axis and its influence on infant health.

Course Objectives
  • Discuss the impact of human milk on the composition and functionality of gut microbiota.
  • Explore the relationship between dysbiosis and various health conditions in children.
  • Examine the gut-brain axis and its influence on infant health.

Performance Indicators: 5.1.2, 9.1.5, 9.2.1

Activity Code: 189615

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Yvan Vandenplas, MD, PhD

Professor 
University Hospital Brussels (UZ Brussel) 
Brussels, Belgium

Yvan Vandenplas, MD, PhD, did his medical studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) and trained in pediatrics (1981‑1986) at the same University. He became Head of the Unit for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition in 1987 and created the Pediatric Hospital, the KidZ Health Castle, at the University Hospital Brussels (UZ Brussel) of the same university, where he had the Chair of Pediatrics since 1994 up to 2021. He is now Prof. Emeritus and consultant at the same hospital. He has over 500 publications listed in Medline among which many papers on infant nutrition. He is associate editor of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition and Nutrients.

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Category
CE CPEU Neonatal Growth & Development

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This educational activity has been prior-approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR credentialed practitioners will receive the specified continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.