Maternal Diet, Infant Nutrition, and Short- and Long-Term Health and Development

Dear Colleagues,

Maternal diet and infant nutrition are crucial to the short- and long-term health of the offspring, including physical, motor, cognitive, and socio-emotional development. Maternal diets have compelling impacts on the development of both fetus and infants who are being fed with breast milk. Infant nutrition, depending on breast milk and complementary foods, also plays a role significant enough to warrant the optimal development. Our current understanding of maternal diet, infant nutrition, and short- and long-term health and development is far from sufficient and remains a challenge for scientists.

This Special Issue on “Maternal Diet, Infant Nutrition, and Short- and Long-term Health and Development” is now inviting submissions of manuscripts, either original research or reviews with an emphasis on maternal diet, infant nutrition, and offspring health and development. Biological mechanisms underlying the relationships will be considered as well. Studies on both humans and animals are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Jianmeng Liu
Dr. Yubo Zhou
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Nutrients is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.