Eczema Prevention: How Your Microbiome in Pregnancy Shapes Your Child’s Allergic Trajectory

Eczema affects millions of families worldwide - but could it be prevented before birth?

Dr. Carina Venter, Professor of Pediatrics and Allergy/Immunology at University of Colorado, and Dr. Susan Lynch, Professor of Medicine at UCSF and Director of the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine, join us to explore how pregnancy diet and the microbiome shape a child’s risk of developing eczema and allergies.

In this episode you'll learn:

✅How microbiome diversity during pregnancy influences infant immune development

✅Why early food exposure may help prevent eczema and allergies

✅Breastfeeding, allergies, and breast milk microbiome research

✅What pregnancy diet changes may lower eczema risk in babies

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Global Parents for Eczema Research (GPER), a non-profit led by parents of children with Eczema.