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Early Life Nutrition and Individual Healthy Development

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2024) | Viewed by 2571

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Yajun Xu

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Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Interests: developmental origins of health and disease; women and children nutrition; nutition on bone health; phytochemicals on health; dairy and health; functional food
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The scope of this Special Issue is to publish original research and systematic reviews that report the effect of early-life nutrition on an individual’s healthy development. Early-life nutrition, environment and interactions with genetics have important effects on an individual's life-long health, including their physical development, neurobehavioral development, and even, long-term chronic disease risk. We aim to bring together a selection of articles understanding the dose-effect relationship of food's active ingredients on maternal and infant health, exploring suitable dietary patterns for pregnant women and infants, developing better food technologies and formulating more favorable diet policies that can improve healthy development in life.

Prof. Dr. Yajun Xu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • early life nutrition
  • healthy development
  • maternal and infant health
  • physical and neurobehavioral development
  • food-genetics interactions on maternal and infant health
  • dietary pattern for pregnant and lactation women
  • food active ingredients for maternal and infant health

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A Systems Approach in the Prevention of Undernutrition among Children under Five in Tanzania: Perspectives from Key Stakeholders
by Gasto Frumence, Yannan Jin, Amalberga Kasangala, Saidah Bakar, Gladys Reuben Mahiti and Bertha Ochieng
Nutrients 2024, 16(11), 1551; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16111551 - 21 May 2024
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Undernutrition among under-fives is one of the major public health challenges in Tanzania. However, there are limited studies assessing the contribution of cultural-related strategies in the prevention of child undernutrition in Tanzania. This study aimed at exploring participants’ experiential views regarding developing culturally [...] Read more.
Undernutrition among under-fives is one of the major public health challenges in Tanzania. However, there are limited studies assessing the contribution of cultural-related strategies in the prevention of child undernutrition in Tanzania. This study aimed at exploring participants’ experiential views regarding developing culturally sensitive strategies for the elimination of child undernutrition for under-fives in Rukwa, Iringa, Ruvuma, Songwe and Njombe regions located in the Southern Highlands in Tanzania. This study applied focus group discussions (FGDs) with forty practitioners to explore culturally-sensitive strategies for effectively preventing child undernutrition in Tanzania. The study participants were purposively selected, and thematic analysis was used to identify themes within the data. This study revealed that district- and lower-level administrative systems should prioritize nutrition interventions in their plans, allocating adequate resources to implement culturally sensitive nutrition interventions, while national-level organs need to strengthen institutional capacity and ensure the availability of funds, skilled human resources and a legal framework for the effective implementation and sustainability of nutrition interventions at the district- and lower-levels. This study highlights that for the successful implementation of culturally sensitive strategies towards the elimination of child undernutrition, there is a need to use a systems approach that allows for collaborative governance whereby different sectors act together to address the persistent malnutrition epidemic. Full article
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Comparative Analysis of Oligosaccharides in Breast Milk and Feces of Breast-Fed Infants by Using LC-QE-HF-MS: A Communication
by Rui Li, Yalin Zhou and Yajun Xu
Nutrients 2023, 15(4), 888; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15040888 - 9 Feb 2023
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Currently, it must be acknowledged that little is known about the quantity and make-up of oligosaccharides (OS) found in breast-fed babies’ feces as well as their metabolic fate. In the present work, UPLC-QE-HF-MS was successfully adopted to identify the profiles of human milk [...] Read more.
Currently, it must be acknowledged that little is known about the quantity and make-up of oligosaccharides (OS) found in breast-fed babies’ feces as well as their metabolic fate. In the present work, UPLC-QE-HF-MS was successfully adopted to identify the profiles of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in the breast milk of four mothers and fecal OS in the feces of their breast-fed infant. There were significant variations and differences in both number and composition between HMOs and fecal OS. The early-life gastrointestinal microbiota metabolism may be triggered into the advanced breakdown, synthesis, bioconversion, or redesign of HMOs. The fate of HMOs during passage through the gastrointestinal tract may be profoundly informed by the comparison of OS between breast milk and fecal OS profiles. The characterization of fecal OS could be applied as a valuable tool for monitoring the gastrointestinal fate of HMOs and reflecting infant development at different stages of lactation. Further research on the gastrointestinal bioconversion of HMOs profiles is required, including secretor type and the lactation time of milk, as well as baby feeding. Full article
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