Early-Life Nutrition and Chronic Respiratory Diseases
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2020) | Viewed by 2477
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Chronic respiratory diseases during the life course are a major public health concern. Prevalence varies from 5% to 10% for asthma in childhood, up to 30% for asthma-related symptoms such as wheezing in younger children, and up to 22% for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among adults. Chronic respiratory diseases across the life course are related to a reduced quality of life and are leading causes of hospitalization and health care costs. The morbidity of these diseases remains high, due to the largely unknown etiology of chronic respiratory diseases and to the unknown potential for prevention strategies. Recent studies strongly suggest that the earliest phase of life is an important period for programming of respiratory diseases across the life course. Cohort studies and randomized clinical trials suggest that nutritional factors involving single nutrients, vitamins and supplement intake during pregnancy or infancy play a role in the development of chronic respiratory diseases. Nutrients are generally not consumed in isolation and might interact with each other. Therefore, the focus of research in this field has partly shifted into examining the combined effects of multiple nutrients, food groups, or dietary patterns with specific interest in the diet inflammatory potential and diet quality aspects. The attributable risks of early-life nutrition on the development of chronic respiratory diseases next to common sociodemographic and growth factors, such as body mass index, are of major interest. Finally, the interplay between genetics, epigenetics, and the microbiome with dietary exposures on the development of chronic respiratory diseases is an important and exciting research field.
The objective of this proposed Special Issue on “Early-life Nutrition and Chronic Respiratory Diseases” is to publish selected papers detailing several aspects of early-life nutrition and chronic respiratory diseases, including the timing in life of dietary exposure, the long-term effects of early-life supplement exposure, and the interplay of nutrients with sociodemographic and growth factors, genetics, epigenetics, and the microbiome. Further, early-life nutrition and development of respiratory-related diseases such as atopic dermatitis and allergies will be highlighted.
Assoc. Prof. Liesbeth Duijts
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Asthma
- Atopic diseases
- Genetics
- Growth
- Epigenetics
- Microbiome
- Nutrition
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