Maternal nutrition during pregnancy and lactation influences the growth and potential development of the fetus and contributes to the maturity of a healthy baby. The lack of sufficient calories, of macroand micronutrients, can lead to deficiencies in building materials for the development and growth of the fetus: moreover there is growing evidence that the maternal nutritional status can alter ...

Food composition tables available in many countries can help field workers identify good, local sources of nutrientrich foods. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s website (www.fao.org/infoods) lists countries or regions with food composition tables. The nutrient content of specific quantities of most foods can be calculated using the nutrient database on the United States Department of Agri...

Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element of fundamental importance to health due to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and chemopreventive properties attributed to its presence within at least 25 selenoproteins (Sel). Sel include but not limited to glutathione peroxidases (GPx1-GPx6), thioredoxin reductases (TrxR1-TrxR3), iodothyronine deiodinases (ID1-ID3), selenophosphate synthetase 2 (SPS...

Is it enough to declare conflicts of interest? In TheLancet Series on maternal and child nutrition, two authors declared conflicts of interest as members of the board of the Nestlé Creating Shared Value Advisory Committee—a company that repeatedly transgresses the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.1 We wonder how the Lancet's policy on conflicts of interest was applied. ...

This book is divided into fourteen chapters, each written by a separate author. The titles are: Food Chemistry, Physiology of Nutrition, Food Technology, Malnutrition and Overeating, Dietetics, Physiology and Pathology of Child Nutrition, Nutrition of Population, Physiology of Vitamins, Symptoms and Therapy of A-avitaminosis, Symptoms and Therapy of E-avitaminosis, B-vitamins, Vitamin C, Ricket...

This book is divided into fourteen chapters, each written by a separate author. The titles are: Food Chemistry, Physiology of Nutrition, Food Technology, Malnutrition and Overeating, Dietetics, Physiology and Pathology of Child Nutrition, Nutrition of Population, Physiology of Vitamins, Symptoms and Therapy of A-avitaminosis, Symptoms and Therapy of E-avitaminosis, B-vitamins, Vitamin C, Ricket...

BACKGROUND Men's involvement in maternal and child health presents an opportunity for the advancement of maternal and child nutrition as men often play a key role in decision-making particularly regarding women's reproductive health. While most research on men's involvement in maternal and child health has focused on men's participation in antenatal care, this study focuses specifically on men'...

1The Third Department of International Medicine, Tokyo Medical University 2Division of Health and Nutrition Monitoring, National Institute of Health and Nutrition 3Division of Human Nutrition, National Institute of Health and Nutrition 4Department of Geriatric Disease Medicine, University of Tokyo 5International Diabetes Institute (Australia) 6Department of Nutrition and Physiology, Kyoritsu Wo...