Effect of Maternal Nutrition on Cognitive Function of Children

Dear Colleagues,

In this Special Issue of Nutrients, we would like to bring together papers dealing with the topic of the effect of maternal nutrition on the cognitive development of their children.

The intrauterine environment and, specifically, the nutritional status of the mother is a crucial factor which implies short- and long-term consequences on the health and disease risk in their offspring. The fetal brain is very vulnerable, whereby nutritional alterations in pregnancy play a role on fetal programming of the brain’s development and the consequent cognitive function.

Although the beneficial effects of an adequate nutritional status in pregnancy have been an object of study over the last decade, many questions such as the most vulnerable periods of pregnancy and the recommendations in the population that may improve the cognitive development remain open.

In broad terms, the study of maternal nutrition may include issues about nutrient (macronutrient and micronutrient) or food intake, dietary patterns, anthropometric measures, as well as nutritional biomarkers or nutritional interventions. These topics must be related with cognitive outcomes in the children, which may include the terms of cognitive function, mental development, executive functions, neurodevelopment, or attention, among others.

We welcome different types of manuscript submissions, including original research articles and up-to-date reviews (systematic reviews and meta-analyses).

Dr.  Josefa Canals Sans
Dr.  M. Victoria Arija Val
Guest Editors

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