OBJECTIVES: To study the association between milk consumption and lactose malabsorption in Indonesian children aged 3-12 years. METHODS: This cross sectional study was conducted in randomly selected presumed healthy children with good nutritional status aged 3-12 years in Central Jakarta, Indonesia ( RESULTS: The prevalence of lactose malabsorption in children aged 3-5 years and children aged 6-12 years was 20.8% (15/72) and 35.3% (36/102), respectively. There was no association between milk or milk product consumption and lactose malabsorption ( CONCLUSIONS There is no association between milk consumption and lactose malabsorption in Indonesian children aged 3-12 years, suggesting that genetic predisposition may be more important than adaptive mechanisms to lactose consumption.
Animals ; Breath Tests ; Child ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Humans ; Indonesia/epidemiology* ; Lactose Intolerance/epidemiology* ; Milk

OBJECTIVETo investigate relations between milk consumption and lactose intolerance (LI) in adults and to explore the effect of milk consumption on lactase activity.

METHODSTotal of 182 subjects aged 20-70 years were recruited and interviewed by questionnaires, and their accumulative cow's milk intake (AMI) was calculated. LI was evaluated by hydrogen breath test (HBT).

RESULTSA negative correlation was found between AMI and severity of observed LI symptom (r=-0.2884; P<0.05). Binary logistic regression analysis showed a negative correlation between LI and duration and frequency of milk consumption (OR, 0.317 and 0.465, respectively; both P<0.05) and a positive correlation between LI and amount of milk consumed per sitting (OR, 6.337; P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONLI is related to various milk consumption behaviors. Most Chinese adults with LI may tolerate moderate milk consumption <160 mL.

Adult ; Animals ; Breath Tests ; China ; epidemiology ; Drinking Behavior ; Humans ; Hydrogen ; Lactase ; metabolism ; Lactose ; Lactose Intolerance ; diagnosis ; epidemiology ; prevention & control ; Milk ; Prevalence

OBJECTIVETo identify methods in reducing the prevalence of lactose intolerance in children.

METHODSA hydrogen respiration test (HRT) method was used in screening lactose intolerance (LI) subjects after taking 25 g of lactose among 106 children aged from 10 to 11 years old in a primary school located in the suburban area of Beijing. A cross-design was used to detect the effects of low lactose milk, yogurt and cereal-effect among 68 selected LI children.

RESULTSThe incidence of LI was 80.2% after the children took 25 g of lactose, and after taking a 250 ml of full milk, lactase-fermented milk, coinfected milk, yogurt, or milk with meal, the LI incidences were 21.1% (12/57), 0% (0/25), 6.1% (2/33), 8.6% (3/35) and 13.6% (3/22) respectively.

CONCLUSIONLow lactose milks and yogurt could reduce the LI incidence among LI children significantly.

Animals ; Child ; China ; epidemiology ; Edible Grain ; Humans ; Incidence ; Lactose ; administration & dosage ; Lactose Intolerance ; diet therapy ; epidemiology ; Milk ; Prevalence ; Students ; statistics & numerical data ; Treatment Outcome ; Yogurt