Nutrition and Child Neurodevelopment
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2022) | Viewed by 15556
Special Issue Editor
Interests: neuropsychological development; human cognition; nutrition; epidemiology; environmental sciences; child health
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Dear Colleagues,
For this Special Issue, we would like to invite papers about the effects of nutrients on child neurodevelopment. It could be nutritional exposures during pregnancy, childhood and/or adolescence in observational studies. However, interventional studies are also very welcomed. Brain function could be assessed by neuropsychological tests, behavioral and emotional rating scales, or neuroimaging measurements
Many questions about the role nutrition in the developing brain are still unsolved, such as which lipids are positively or adversely associated with brain function, whether lipid nutrients can be adequately acquired from the diet, or what effects they exert when administered as a supplement in randomized trials. What other nutrients are also important to enhance brain development and function. Furthermore, we are also interested in the potential harmful effects of the ingestion of ultra-processed foods with human brain development and function, only recently have been added this as a hot topic of research in child cognition. All these studies may include biomarker measurements or genetic markers of specific nutrient metabolism or biological pathway.
We welcome different types of submissions, including original research articles and up-to-date reviews (systematic reviews and meta-analyses).
Dr. Jordi Julvez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nutrition
- child neurodevelopment
- biomarkers
- cognitive function
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