ReviewFrontiers in nutrition2023
Maternal diet and human milk composition: an updated systematic review.
Review in Frontiers in nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Infant Formula Affordability Negatively Impacts Parental Wellbeing, Financial Security and Safe Feeding Practices in the UK.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
- Maternal trans-vaccenic acid shapes neonatal T cell development and early-life immune imprinting.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Impact of Pasteurization and Storage on the Microbiological Composition and Lipid Degradation of Human Milk Cream.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A One Health Decalogue for Breastfeeding: Microbiota-Targeted Strategies for Infant Gastrointestinal and Neurodevelopmental Health.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Global protein profiling of human milk using pre-enriched RNA-sequence libraries.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Phthalate Metabolites in Maternal Urine and Breast Milk After Very Preterm Birth: Matrix Concordance.Toxics · 2026Article
- The First 1000 Days of PKU: A Narrative Review of Maternal PKU and Early Life Management After Positive Newborn Screening.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Association of maternal diet with human milk fatty acid and macronutrient composition: a Saudi cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- The Breastfeeding Food Security Assessment Scale (BFSAS): Development and Validation Among Breastfeeding Women in Lebanon.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Ethnicity and antenatal maternal anxiety: associations with the human milk lipidome in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- The impact of subjective socioeconomic status and threat cues on intertemporal decision-making.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Maternal mid-pregnancy dietary patterns and inflammatory bowel disease in offspring from a prospective cohort study.Communications medicine · 2025Article
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- Maternal Dietary Fiber Intake During Lactation and Human Milk Oligosaccharide Fucosylation: a PRIMA Birth Cohort Study.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2025Article
- Sexual Dimorphism in Preterm Milk: A Step Toward the Individualized Fortification of Mother's Own Milk?Nutrients · 2025Article
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Abstract
Context: Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months after birth provides infants with the best start for life. A review by Bravi et al. summarized the importance of maternal diet as a determinant of human milk composition based on data up to 2015, but evidence on nutrient intake level was limited. Objective: We updated the review by Bravi et al., critically assessed differences in study designs and sampling methods, and graphically visualized trends and associations. Data sources: PubMed was systematically searched for articles published between January 2015 and March 2021. Data extraction: Article screening, selection, and data extraction was done by two independent researchers, including a risk of bias assessment based on 11 criteria. Articles were eligible when including: quantitative information, commonly used effect estimates, healthy mother-infant dyads. Results: Twenty seven observational and five intervention studies were identified ( Conclusion: This updated review shows that evidence on the association between maternal diet and human milk fatty acids is rapidly increasing, but still diversified in methodology and results. Further studies, preferably intervention studies, assessing diet and milk carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals are needed to be able draw conclusions on the importance of maternal diet for human milk composition as a whole.
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