The Role of Maternal Nutrition During Breastfeeding
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 1151
Special Issue Editors
Interests: infant feeding; formula milk; weaning; early weaning; diseases; development; childhood
Interests: hormones; obesity; metabolic programing; DOHaD concept; malnutrition; overfeeding; early weaning
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Dear Colleagues,
Maternal nutrition during the breastfeeding period has a significant impact on the baby’s early development with a long-term impact on their health, which is the basis for the DOHaD concept. Breastfeeding is a critical period for neurological and metabolic development, with intense hormonal changes and the establishment of the intestinal microbiota and maturation of physiological systems such as digestive and immune systems. Therefore, maternal diet modifications during breastfeeding such as the content of energy, macronutrients, micronutrients, bioactive substances, food additives, and food contaminants can affect maternal physiology, indirectly impacting the health of the newborn. These dietary changes can also affect breast milk composition, directly impacting the health of the newborn, with long-term impacts on their risk of metabolic disease development. Therefore, maternal nutrition during breastfeeding is a valuable tool for ensuring the health of, and preventing future metabolic diseases in, the next generation.
This Special Issue aims to update and improve the knowledge of maternal nutrition during breastfeeding, highlighting its short- and long-term impacts on the health of offspring. Therefore, we are pleased to invite you to submit animal and human studies in an original article or a review article for this Special Issue, ‘The Role of Maternal Nutrition During Breastfeeding’.
Dr. Luana Lopes De Souza
Dr. Patricia Cristina Lisboa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- maternal obesity
- maternal undernutrition
- maternal diet
- breastmilk composition
- metabolic diseases
- metabolic programming
- DOHaD concept
- offspring development
- breastmilk hormones
- energy metabolism
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