Life’s Essential 8 for Pregnant Women and Children: New Evidence from Epidemiological and Genetic Studies
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition in Women".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2026 | Viewed by 67
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mendelian randomization; causal inference; pregnancy comlications; birth cohorts
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Interests: genetics; epidemiology; developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD); mendelian randomization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The purpose of this Special Issue “Life’s Essential 8 for Pregnant Women and Children: New Evidence from Epidemiological and Genetic Studies” is to explore the most updated available evidence about associations of healthy lifestyles with health disorders in pregnancy and childhood.
Life’s essential 8 has been increasingly studied in recent years. However, their causal effects on some health outcomes are still poorly understood, especially for pregnant women and children. For example, not many studies have used repeated measures and explored the effect of trajectories in pregnancy and children on offspring health. Some specific dietary patterns have been linked to the progression of cardiovascular–kidney–metabolic syndrome, but more studies are needed for pregnancy and perinatal health.
We seek studies using either observational (e.g., prospective cohort) or experimental (e.g., randomized control trials and Mendelian randomization) designs to explore and better understand the healthy lifestyle in health outcomes during pregnancy and childhood. We particularly welcome submissions triangulating evidence of the same effect from different study designs. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are also strongly encouraged.
Thank you very much for your contribution.
Dr. Qian Yang
Dr. Geng Wang
Dr. Jiayao Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lifestyle
- physical activity
- smoking
- sleep
- nutrition
- body weight control
- cholesterol control
- glucose
- blood pressure
- Mendelian randomization
- triangulation
- mental health
- pregnancy disorders
- perinatal health
- children
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