Diet, Inflammation and Intestinal Homeostasis in Pediatric Population
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 24
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nutrition is essential across the human lifespan. During the past decade, population-based epidemiological evidence has clarified the fundamental role of diet in healthy well-being, finding that a healthy diet starts early in life with adequate breastfeeding. Children need proper nutrients not only to stay healthy but also to ensure healthy aging. Infants and children have important anatomical and physiological differences, and nutrition is a cornerstone of their digestive, endocrine, and immune maturation.
This Special Issue will include manuscripts that focus on intestinal physiology and pathophysiology in infants and children, as well as the role of dietary interventions in gut-associated disease prevention and management in pediatric populations. Papers should guide clinical practitioners and further inspire innovative research.
Dr. Magdalena Kurnik-Łucka
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- intestinal homeostasis
- gut in infants and children
- infants and children microbiome
- nutritional diseases
- developing the gut–brain axis
- ultra-processed foods
- anti-inflammatory diets
- pro-inflammatory diets
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