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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Well, I'd file that under a no brainer.  Children who have contact with farm 
animals are more likely to be living on farms.  Most of those conditions, 
including IBD/IBS
are aggravated by stress and a cardboard box diet.  Where is a child more 
likely to have less keep-up-with-the-Jones stresses and less likely to live 
on Micky Ds and something mom pulls out of a box and microwaves diet?  Well, 
duh.  On a farm where you are most likely to find farm animals.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wendy" <crazygardens AT verizon.net>


> I always felt that exposure to animals was good for children, but I meant 
> emotionally.
>
> Wendy
>
> Early exposure to farm animals lowers IBD risk
>
> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infants who are regularly exposed to farm 
> animals appear to be less likely than others to develop inflammatory bowel 
> disease in childhood, according to the findings of a German study 
> published in the journal Pediatrics.
>
> "Approximately 12,000 children and adolescents in Germany suffer from 
> inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)," write Dr. Katja Radon and colleagues at 
> Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich. The recent increase in Crohn's 
> disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease, especially in 
> industrialized countries, and its pronounced geographical variation, 
> suggest that environmental factors contribute this condition.
>
> The researchers examined the association between contact with farm animals 
> in infancy and the development of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis in 
> childhood. Data were analyzed for 748 IBD cases (444 with Crohn's disease 
> and 304 with ulcerative colitis) and 1,481 healthy "control" children.
>
> The children with IBD were more likely than the control children to live 
> in urban areas. Regular contact with farm animals during the first year of 
> life was inversely associated with IBD, the investigators report.
>
> Specifically, the children with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis were 
> about 50 percent less likely to have regular contact with farm animals in 
> infancy compared with the healthy children.
>
> "The results of this study indicate that farm animal contact during 
> infancy, one of the major factors protecting individuals against childhood 
> allergies, might also decrease the risk of juvenile IBD," Radon's team 
> concludes. The findings also support the hypothesis that allergic diseases 
> and IBD might have similar paths of development.
>
> SOURCE: Pediatrics, August 2007.
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