Microbes colonize the human body during the first moments of life and coexist with the host
throughout the lifespan. Intestinal microbiota and their metabolites aid in the programming of …

The gut is a pivotal organ in health and disease. The events that take place in the gut during
early life contribute to the programming, shaping and tuning of distant organs, having …

Context The frequency of remission of type 2 diabetes achievable with lifestyle intervention
is unclear. Objective To examine the association of a long-term intensive weight-loss …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between birth weight, gestational age, small for
gestational age (SGA), and 3 of the most common autism spectrum disorder (ASD) subtypes …

The WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding of infants for the first 6 mo of life (EBF-6).
We reviewed the evidence behind concerns related to this recommendation. The risk of iron …

Radiographic changes of rickets are well characterized, but no method of grading the
severity of these changes has been in general use. Consequently, it is difficult to compare …

The prenatal and early postnatal periods are stages during which dynamic changes and the
development of the brain and gut microbiota occur, and nutrition is one of the most important …

Because of the ubiquitous adaptability of our material culture, some human populations
have occupied extreme environments that intensified selection on existing genomic …

METHODS: We performed purposive sampling of low-income Hispanic mothers (n= 100)
with infants in the first 2 years of life, all of whom were participants in a randomized …

Breastmilk is the best food for newborns and infants. The nutritional stores of a lactating
woman may be more or less depleted as a result of the pregnancy and the loss of blood …