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Maternal Nutrition during Preconception, Pregnancy, and Lactation and Its Impact on Offspring Health

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition in Women".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 January 2025 | Viewed by 2354

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Lijun Wang

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Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Interests: maternal nutrition and offspring health; nutrition and chronic disease; nutrition education; food education for children; pediatric nutrition
Dr. Chunxia Jing

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Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Interests: etiology of chronic disease and cancer; environmental endocrine disruptors and health; epidemiology; metabolic diseases; molecular epidemiology of cancer
Dr. Jiaomei Yang

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Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China
Interests: nutrition epidemiology; maternal and child health; chronic disease risk factor cohort study; clinical trial study; public health
Dr. Dan Liu

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Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Interests: nutrition epidemiology; maternal and child health; nutrition and chronic disease; public health; big data for health care
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Dear Colleagues,

The theory of “developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD)” was advocated by Professor David Barker in 1995. This theory emphasizes how nutrition during the first 1000 days in early life can have powerful long-term effects on health. Increasing evidence implicates maternal diet and nutritional deficiency as important determinants of offspring health during childhood and later in adult life. Nowadays, excessive gestational weight gain, maternal obesity and nutrition-related gestational complication have become prominent. Thus, there is an urgent need for studies on the consequences of this epidemic for offspring, as well as to explore the underlying mechanisms and effective interventions in women of childbearing age.

This Special Issue aims to collate recent high-quality research addressing maternal nutrition during preconception, pregnancy, lactation and its impact on offspring health. Maternal nutrition could include diet, nutritional state, nutrition-related complications, etc. We welcome submissions of both original research and reviews.

Dr. Lijun Wang
Dr. Chunxia Jing
Dr. Jiaomei Yang
Dr. Dan Liu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • maternal diet
  • maternal nutrition
  • offspring health
  • obesity
  • preconception
  • pregnancy
  • lactation

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Investigating Water Balance as a Nutritional Determinant in Breastfeeding: A Comparative Study of Water Consumption Patterns and Influencing Factors
by Olga Malisova, Kyriaki Apergi, Emmanouil Niaos, Fotini Xenaki and Maria Kapsokefalou
Nutrients 2024, 16(13), 2157; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16132157 (registering DOI) - 6 Jul 2024
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Background: Ensuring adequate hydration is critical for breastfeeding women, yet their water consumption patterns and hydration status is poorly understood. This study investigates the water consumption patterns and estimated water balance among women, practicing exclusive, mixed, and no breastfeeding methods. Methods: 529 healthy [...] Read more.
Background: Ensuring adequate hydration is critical for breastfeeding women, yet their water consumption patterns and hydration status is poorly understood. This study investigates the water consumption patterns and estimated water balance among women, practicing exclusive, mixed, and no breastfeeding methods. Methods: 529 healthy women completed the Nursing Water Balanced Questionnaire (N-WBQ). Participants were distributed across breastfeeding groups as follows: exclusive (39.7%), mixed (31.9%), and no breastfeeding (28.4%). Results: Significant differences were noted in water consumption patterns among breastfeeding groups regarding intake from beverages (p < 0.001), juices (p = 0.019), coffee (p < 0.001), and milk (p = 0.015). Water intake from liquids, except for drinking water (p < 0.001), juices (p = 0.024) and coffee (p < 0.001) differed significantly among groups in women with adequate total water intake based on recommendation, with exclusive breastfeeding mothers prioritizing plain water over other beverages. Total water loss (p < 0.001) and estimated water balance (p < 0.001) significantly varied among breastfeeding groups, with exclusive breastfeeding mothers to exhibit the lowest water balance (−475.36 mL/day), indicating potential dehydration risk. Apart from plain water, water from foods, coffee and milk significantly contributed to positive water balance. Conclusions: Our findings highlight a risk of dehydration in this population, while water consumption patterns are influenced by breastfeeding method, likely affected by varying lactational demands and lifestyle factors. Further research to develop more accurate and individualized methods for assessing water balance in breastfeeding women is needed. Full article
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Maternal Oxidative Balance Score during Pregnancy and Congenital Heart Defects
by Jiaomei Yang, Qiancheng Du, Ziqi Xiao, Rui Guo, Qianqian Chang and Yue-Hua Li
Nutrients 2024, 16(12), 1825; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16121825 - 11 Jun 2024
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The relationship between maternal oxidative balance score (OBS) in pregnancy, representing overall oxidative balance status by integrating dietary and lifestyle factors, and congenital heart defects (CHD) remains unclear; therefore, this study attempted to explore their associations among the Chinese population. We conducted a [...] Read more.
The relationship between maternal oxidative balance score (OBS) in pregnancy, representing overall oxidative balance status by integrating dietary and lifestyle factors, and congenital heart defects (CHD) remains unclear; therefore, this study attempted to explore their associations among the Chinese population. We conducted a case-control study including 474 cases and 948 controls in Northwest China. Pregnant women were interviewed to report diets and lifestyles in pregnancy by structured questionnaires. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the adjusted ORs (95%CIs). Maternal OBS ranged from 6 to 34 among cases, and 5 to 37 among controls. Comparing the highest with the lowest tertile group, the adjusted OR for CHD was 0.31 (0.19–0.50). The CHD risk was reduced by 7% (OR = 0.93, 95%CI = 0.90–0.95) in association with per 1 higher score of OBS during pregnancy. The inverse relationship between maternal OBS and CHD risk appeared to be more pronounced among participants in urban areas (OR = 0.89, 95%CI = 0.86–0.93). Maternal OBS during pregnancy showed good predictive values for fetal CHD, with the areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve 0.78 (0.76–0.81). These findings highlighted the importance of reducing oxidative stress through antioxidant-rich diets and healthy lifestyles among pregnant women to prevent fetal CHD. Full article
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Association between Preconception Dietary Fiber Intake and Preterm Birth: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study
by Takahiro Omoto, Hyo Kyozuka, Tsuyoshi Murata, Toma Fukuda, Hirotaka Isogami, Chihiro Okoshi, Shun Yasuda, Akiko Yamaguchi, Akiko Sato, Yuka Ogata, Yuichi Nagasaka, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Seiji Yasumura, Koichi Hashimoto, Hidekazu Nishigori, Keiya Fujimori and The Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group
Nutrients 2024, 16(5), 713; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16050713 - 29 Feb 2024
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Preterm birth (PTB) is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether preconception dietary fiber intake is associated with PTB. This was a prospective cohort Japan Environmental and Children’s Study (JECS). The study population comprised 85,116 [...] Read more.
Preterm birth (PTB) is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether preconception dietary fiber intake is associated with PTB. This was a prospective cohort Japan Environmental and Children’s Study (JECS). The study population comprised 85,116 singleton live-birth pregnancies from the JECS database delivered between 2011 and 2014. The participants were categorized into five groups based on their preconception dietary fiber intake quintiles (Q1 and Q5 were the lowest and highest groups, respectively). Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the association between preconception dietary fiber intake and PTB. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that the risk for PTB before 34 weeks was lower in the Q3, Q4, and Q5 groups than in the Q1 group (Q3: adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.78, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.62–0.997; Q4: aOR 0.74, 95% CI 0.57–0.95; Q5: aOR 0.68, 95% CI 0.50–0.92). However, there was no significant difference between preconception dietary fiber intake and PTB before 37 weeks. In conclusion, higher preconception dietary fiber intake correlated with a reduced the risk for PTB before 34 weeks. Therefore, new recommendations on dietary fiber intake as part of preconception care should be considered. Full article
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