Micronutritional deficiencies are common in atopic children suffering from atopic dermatitis,
food allergy, rhinitis, and asthma. A lack of iron, in particular, may impact immune activation …

Background and objective CYP2R1 is a key gene in the vitamin D metabolic pathway. It has
been suggested that CYP2R1 gene variants in European populations are associated with …

In the pathogenesis of asthma in children there is a pivotal role for a type 2 inflammatory
response to early life exposures or events. Interactions between infections, atopy, genetic …

Worldwide, the prevalence of allergies in young children, but also vitamin D deficiency
during pregnancy and in newborns is rising. Vitamin D modulates the development and …

Evidence continues to accumulate that vitamin D supplementation helps to prevent the
development of asthma and recurrent wheeze in early life, and may also help in the …

Pregnancy and lactation are critical life stages with unique nutritional requirements,
including for vitamin A (VA). Current DRIs for VA were published in 2001. The objective of …

Growing evidence suggests that food and drug cues may activate similar brain networks (1),
pointing to shared brain abnormalities in obesity and substance use disorder. These are of …

Introduction: Vitamin D plays an important role in the immune system, and postnatal vitamin
D insufficiency is one of the risk factors for the development of allergic disease. However, the …

Background Asthma is a common chronic disease among children, especially preschoolers.
Some evidence suggests that diet may play a role in asthma, but the current findings are …

Food security is defined by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) as “access by all
people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life.” Conversely, food insecurity is …