Maternal Nutrition in Pregnancy

Dear Colleagues,

Pregnancy is a particular time of a women's life when nutritional status influences her health and pregnancy outcomes and the health of her fetus-neonate.

Physicians and other healthcare providers need to be aware of nutritional needs during pregnancy, as they differ significantly from non-pregnant populations.

We are organizing a Special Issue (SI) on the new insights into the role of maternal nutrition in pregnancy. We invite manuscripts (original research or review articles) about the influence of maternal weight on pregnancy outcome, the role of nutrition during pregnancy in different groups of patients ( malnourished, obese), as well as in various pathological situations (like diabetes, hypertension).

We are going to discuss current recommendations concerning nutrition during pregnancy. We want to cover pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapeutic options, evidence-based treatment algorithms, and novel experimental therapies. We encourage the authors to focus on prevention and reducing complications strategies. In the field of environmental research, we seek papers about social, economic, and cultural changes in public health and their influence on nutrition during pregnancy, especially in the rapidly growing group of obese women. 

We are also planning to invite authors that would present the latest achievements in molecular biologies, such as assessing gut microbiome in pregnancy. Papers combining a high academic standard with a practical focus are especially welcome.

Prof. Dr. Annunziata Lapolla
Prof. Dr. Ewa Wender-Ozegowska
Guest Editors

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