Role of Dietary Fiber in Promoting Immune Health – An EAACI
Position Paper
Carina Venter1.2, Rosan W. Meyer3,
Matthew Greenhawt1,2, Isabella
Pali-Schöll4, Bright Nwaru5,
Caroline Roduit6,7, Eva Untersmayr8,
Karine Adel-Patient9, Ioana
Agache10, Carlo Agostoni11,12, Cezmi
A. Akdis7,13, Mary Feeney14,15,
Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber8, Nonhlanhla
Lunjani16,17, Kate Grimshaw18, Imke
Reese19, Peter K Smith20, Milena
Sokolowska13, Emilia Vassilopoulou,21 Berber Vlieg-Boerstra22, Jens
Walter16,23,24, Liam
O’Mahony16,23,24
1Section of Allergy and Immunology, University of
Colorado School of Medicine;
2Children’s Hospital Colorado, Colorado, USA;
3Imperial College, London, UK;
4Comparative Medicine, Messerli Research Institute of
the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Medical University Vienna,
Vienna, Austria;
5Krefting Research Centre, Institute of Medicine,
University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
6University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Switzerland;
7Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and
Education, Davos, Switzerland;
8Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research,
Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria;
9Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, UMR
MTS/SPI/Laboratoire d’Immuno-Allergie Alimentaire (LIAA), INRA, CEA,
Université Paris Saclay, Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France;
10Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania;
11Pediatric Unit, De Marchi Clinic, Fondazione IRCCS
Ca’ Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico,
12Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di Comunita,
Universita’ degli Studi, Milano, Italy
13Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research
(SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland;
14Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology,
Department of Paediatric Allergy, King’s College London, London, UK;
15Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK;
16APC Microbiome Ireland, National University of
Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
17University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa;
Royal NHS Trust, Salford, UK;
19Private Practice for Dietary Advice and Nutrition
Therapy, Munich, Germany;
20School of Medicine, Griffith University, Southport,
Australia;
21 Department of Nutritonal Sciences and Dietetics,
International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece
22OLVG, Department of Paediatrics, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands;
23Department of Medicine, National University of
Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
24School of Microbiology, National University of
Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
Corresponding Author: Prof. Liam O’Mahony (liam.omahony@ucc.ie)
Key words: fiber, prebiotics, allergy, nutrition, diet
Funding sources: None