Several different socio-economic factors have caused a large portion of the population to
adopt unhealthy eating habits that can undermine healthcare systems, unless current trends …

(1) Background: Pregnancy outcomes for both mother and child are affected by many
environmental factors. The importance of pregnancy for 'early life programming'is well …

Background Mounting evidence suggests that maternal diet influences pregnancy and birth
outcomes, but its contribution to the global epidemic of childhood obesity has not as yet …

Maternal pregnancy nutrition influences fetal growth. Evidence is limited, however, on the
relationship of maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation on infant postnatal growth and …

Childhood obesity has reached pandemic proportions, and youth-onset type 2 diabetes is
following suit. This review summarises the literature on the influence of developmental …

The aim of this review is to highlight the influence of the Mediterranean Diet (MedDiet) on
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) and Gestational Weight Gain (GWG) during the COVID …

METHODS: This cross-sectional study of 829 adolescents derived sleep duration, efficiency
and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from> 5 days of wrist actigraphy recording for> 10 …

The traditional Mediterranean diet has been shown to be a healthy eating pattern that
protects against the development of many diseases in adults and children. Pregnancy is a …

Introduction Pregnancy is a transcendent period for the mother and the fetus, characterized
by an increase on energy requirements. Mediterranean diet (MD) is considered a healthy …

The 'Developmental Origins of Health and Diseases' hypothesis posits that prenatal
maternal diet influences offspring growth and later life health outcomes. Dietary assessment …