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: 15 May 2024 | Viewed by 2152

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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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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
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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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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 - 09 Feb 2023
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Abstract
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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