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Parental Diet for Offspring Health

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Nutrition".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 17752

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Giorgina Barbara Piccoli

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1. Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, 72037 Le Mans, France
2. Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, ASOU San Luigi, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy
Interests: CKD; dietary management and CKD; hemodialysis; tailored dialysis (daily dialysis, incremental dialysis); ethical aspects; long term outcomes; pregnancy and CKD; pregnancy and dietary management in kidney transplantation
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Dear Colleagues,

A healthy diet in pregnancy is not only conducive to a healthier delivery, but it is also an act of love toward our children.

Dietary quality influences all the phases of human life. Not surprisingly, an increasing body of data suggests that children’s health starts in utero and that this imprinting accompanies the children throughout life.

It is well known that the dietary patterns of parents are transmitted from one generation to another. Let us think about obesity: Is it a hereditary disease, or is it simply linked to the family tradition of a cuisine rich in fat, simple sugars, and very large servings?

What is new is the idea that dietary habits may start being conditioned in utero.

Indeed, it is appealing to think that the taste for varied, fresh food, the instinctive carving for balanced meals, which are the basis of healthy dietary habits, may be programmed earlier than previously thought. Working with an attentive pregnant mother may reduce obesity and chronic diseases in her children.

This Special Issue will welcome all papers that deal with nutrition in this magic, mysterious, and fascinating particular phase of human life that is pregnancy, as a clue for the health of the future generations.

Relevant studies will include, but not be limited to, the effect of nutrition patterns in heathy individuals, as well as the eventual consequences of nutrtional management in differnt diseases, such as coeliac disease, kidney or metabolic diseases.

Prof. Dr. Giorgina Barbara Piccoli
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Pregnancy
  • Maternal
  • Paternal
  • Nutrition
  • Dietary patterns
  • Fetal programming
  • Epigenetics
  • Obesity
  • Diabetes
  • Nutritional treatments

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Neonatal Vitamin D Status and Risk of Asthma in Childhood: Results from the D-Tect Study
by Fanney Thorsteinsdottir, Isabel Cardoso, Amélie Keller, Maria Stougaard, Peder Frederiksen, Arieh Sierra Cohen, Ekaterina Maslova, Ramune Jacobsen, Vibeke Backer and Berit Lilienthal Heitmann
Nutrients 2020, 12(3), 842; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12030842 - 21 Mar 2020
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Background: low vitamin D status in pregnancy can influence the offspring’s lung function and contribute to childhood asthma development. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of neonatal vitamin D status on the development of asthma among children age 3–9 [...] Read more.
Background: low vitamin D status in pregnancy can influence the offspring’s lung function and contribute to childhood asthma development. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of neonatal vitamin D status on the development of asthma among children age 3–9 years in a large population sample. Method: in a case-cohort study utilizing a Danish biobank and register data we examined the association between neonatal 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) concentrations and incidence of asthma among children aged 3–9 years. Cases of asthma (n = 911) were randomly selected among all cases of asthma in the Danish National Patient Register from children born between 1992 and 2002. The sub-cohort (n = 1423) was randomly selected among all children born in the same period. We used a weighted Cox proportional hazard model assessing the hazard of first asthma diagnoses by quintiles of 25(OH)D3. Results: the median 25(OH)D3 (interquartile range) for asthma cases was 23 nmol/L (14–35) and the sub-cohort 25 nmol/L (14–40). The hazard ratio for developing asthma between ages 3 and 9 years was lower for children in the fifth quintile of neonatal 25(OH)D3 compared to children in the first quintile, both in the unadjusted (0.61 95% CI: 0.46–0.80) and adjusted (0.55 95% CI: 0.39–0.77) analyses. Conclusion: the results from our study suggest that higher neonatal vitamin D concentration may reduce the risk of developing childhood asthma at ages 3–9 years, indicating that neonatal vitamin D status as a proxy of vitamin D status during the prenatal period is important for normal immune- and lung development. Full article
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Maternal Consumption of a Low-Isoflavone Soy Protein Isolate Diet Accelerates Chemically Induced Hepatic Carcinogenesis in Male Rat Offspring
by Jihye Choi, Sae Bom Won and Young Hye Kwon
Nutrients 2020, 12(2), 571; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12020571 - 22 Feb 2020
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It has been reported that maternal nutrition determines the offspring’s susceptibility to chronic diseases including cancer. Here, we investigated the effects of maternal diets differing in protein source on diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in adult rat offspring. Dams were fed a casein (CAS) diet [...] Read more.
It has been reported that maternal nutrition determines the offspring’s susceptibility to chronic diseases including cancer. Here, we investigated the effects of maternal diets differing in protein source on diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in adult rat offspring. Dams were fed a casein (CAS) diet or a low-isoflavone soy protein isolate (SPI) diet for two weeks before mating and throughout pregnancy and lactation. Offspring were weaned to and fed a chow diet throughout the study. From four weeks of age, hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) were induced by intraperitoneal injection of DEN once a week for 14 weeks. The SPI/DEN group exhibited higher mortality rate, tumor multiplicity, and HCC incidence compared with the CAS/DEN group. Accordingly, altered cholesterol metabolism and increases in liver damage and angiogenesis were observed in the SPI/DEN group. The SPI/DEN group had a significant induction of the nuclear factor-κB-mediated anti-apoptotic pathway, as measured by increased phosphorylation of IκB kinase β, which may lead to the survival of precancerous hepatocytes. In conclusion, maternal consumption of a low-isoflavone soy protein isolate diet accelerated chemically induced hepatocarcinogenesis in male rat offspring in the present study, suggesting that maternal dietary protein source may be involved in DEN-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in adult offspring. Full article
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Of Mice and Men: The Effect of Maternal Protein Restriction on Offspring’s Kidney Health. Are Studies on Rodents Applicable to Chronic Kidney Disease Patients? A Narrative Review
by Massimo Torreggiani, Antioco Fois, Claudia D’Alessandro, Marco Colucci, Alejandra Oralia Orozco Guillén, Adamasco Cupisti and Giorgina Barbara Piccoli
Nutrients 2020, 12(6), 1614; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061614 - 30 May 2020
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In the almost 30 years that have passed since the postulation of the “Developmental Origins of Health and Disease” theory, it has been clearly demonstrated that a mother’s dietary habits during pregnancy have potential consequences for her offspring that go far beyond in [...] Read more.
In the almost 30 years that have passed since the postulation of the “Developmental Origins of Health and Disease” theory, it has been clearly demonstrated that a mother’s dietary habits during pregnancy have potential consequences for her offspring that go far beyond in utero development. Protein malnutrition during pregnancy, for instance, can cause severe alterations ranging from intrauterine growth retardation to organ damage and increased susceptibility to hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease (CKD) later in life both in experimental animals and humans. Conversely, a balanced mild protein restriction in patients affected by CKD has been shown to mitigate the biochemical derangements associated with kidney disease and even slow its progression. The first reports on the management of pregnant CKD women with a moderately protein-restricted plant-based diet appeared in the literature a few years ago. Today, this approach is still being debated, as is the optimal source of protein during gestation in CKD. The aim of this report is to critically review the available literature on the topic, focusing on the similarities and differences between animal and clinical studies. Full article
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Nutritional Challenges in Pregnant Women with Renal Diseases: Relevance to Fetal Outcomes
by Pasquale Esposito, Giacomo Garibotto, Daniela Picciotto, Francesca Costigliolo, Francesca Viazzi and Novella Evelina Conti
Nutrients 2020, 12(3), 873; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12030873 - 24 Mar 2020
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Pregnancy in women affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become more common in recent years, probably as a consequence of increased CKD prevalence and improvements in the care provided to these patients. Management of this condition requires careful attention since many clinical [...] Read more.
Pregnancy in women affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become more common in recent years, probably as a consequence of increased CKD prevalence and improvements in the care provided to these patients. Management of this condition requires careful attention since many clinical aspects have to be taken into consideration, including the reciprocal influence of the renal disease and pregnancy, the need for adjustment of the medical treatments and the high risk of maternal and obstetric complications. Nutrition assessment and management is a crucial step in this process, since nutritional status may affect both maternal and fetal health, with potential effects also on the future development of adult diseases in the offspring. Nevertheless, few data are available on the nutritional management of pregnant women with CKD and the main clinical indications are based on small case series or are extrapolated from the general recommendations for non-pregnant CKD patients. In this review, we discuss the main issues regarding the nutritional management of pregnant women with renal diseases, including CKD patients on conservative treatment, patients on dialysis and kidney transplant patients, focusing on their relevance on fetal outcomes and considering the peculiarities of this population and the approaches that could be implemented into clinical practice. Full article
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