ReviewEuropean journal of nutrition2013
Nutrition and neurodevelopment in children: focus on NUTRIMENTHE project.
Review in European journal of nutrition, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Dietary inflammatory index of mothers during pregnancy and Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms in the child at preschool age: a prospective investigation in the INMA and RHEA cohorts.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Nutritional Interventions during Pregnancy on Infant and Child Cognitive Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2017Pooled it
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- Perinatal nutrition impacts on the functional development of the visual tract in infants.Pediatric research · 2019Trial
- Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Early Outcome of Neonatal Sepsis--A Randomized Controlled Trial.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2016Trial
- Global early-life cohorts for nutrition-neurodevelopment research including over 100 datasets representing over one million children.iScience · 2026Article
- The First 1000 Days of PKU: A Narrative Review of Maternal PKU and Early Life Management After Positive Newborn Screening.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Maternal nut and fish consumption during pregnancy and child risky decision-making at 11 years old.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Maternal dietary patterns, breastfeeding duration, and their association with child cognitive function and head circumference growth: A prospective mother-child cohort study.PLoS medicine · 2025Article
- Diverse weaning foods and diet patterns at multiple time points during infancy period and their association with neurodevelopmental outcomes in 6-year-old children.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Observational
- Effect of Omega 3 supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on cognitive functions in rat offspring.PloS one · 2025Article
- Association between the Infant and Child Feeding Index at 8 months and early childhood neurodevelopment.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Nutritional Quality Implications: Exploring the Impact of a Fatty Acid-Rich Diet on Central Nervous System Development.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Neurodevelopment and Dietary Intake in Toddlers-A Cross-Sectional Study from the Healthy Children 2021 Project.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Associations between Dietary Intake, Blood Levels of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Reading Abilities in Children.Biomolecules · 2023Article
- Prenatal Healthy Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Reduced Behavioral Problems of Preschool Children in China: A Latent Class Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Relationships of the gut microbiome with cognitive development among healthy school-age children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
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21 authors at 12 institutions in 7 countries.
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Abstract
There is growing evidence that early nutrition affects later cognitive performance. The idea that the diet of mothers, infants, and children could affect later mental performance has major implications for public health practice and policy development and for our understanding of human biology as well as for food product development, economic progress, and future wealth creation. To date, however, much of the evidence is from animal, retrospective studies and short-term nutritional intervention studies in humans. The positive effect of micronutrients on health, especially of pregnant women eating well to maximise their child's cognitive and behavioural outcomes, is commonly acknowledged. The current evidence of an association between gestational nutrition and brain development in healthy children is more credible for folate, n-3 fatty acids, and iron. Recent findings highlight the fact that single-nutrient supplementation is less adequate than supplementation with more complex formulae. However, the optimal content of micronutrient supplementation and whether there is a long-term impact on child's neurodevelopment needs to be investigated further. Moreover, it is also evident that future studies should take into account genetic heterogeneity when evaluating nutritional effects and also nutritional recommendations. The objective of the present review is to provide a background and update on the current knowledge linking nutrition to cognition and behaviour in children, and to show how the large collaborative European Project NUTRIMENTHE is working towards this aim.
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