Innovations in Infant Feeding: Future Challenges and Opportunities in Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disease.

The field of nutrition in early life, as an effective tool to prevent and treat chronic diseases, has attracted a large amount of interest over recent years. The vital roles of food products and nutrients on the body's molecular mechanisms have been demonstrated. The knowledge of the mechanisms...

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Autores: Alvarez-Pitti, Julio, de Blas, Ana, Lurbe, Empar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:INCLIVA
Repositorio:r-INCLIVA. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica de INCLIVA
OAI Identifier:oai:incliva.fundanetsuite.com:p15103
Acceso en línea:https://incliva.portalinvestigacion.com/publicaciones/15103
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:pediatrics
obesity
cardiometabolic risk factors
precision nutrition
eating behavior
nutrigenetics
nutrigenomics
metabolomics
microbiota
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Sumario:The field of nutrition in early life, as an effective tool to prevent and treat chronic diseases, has attracted a large amount of interest over recent years. The vital roles of food products and nutrients on the body's molecular mechanisms have been demonstrated. The knowledge of the mechanisms and the possibility of controlling them via what we eat has opened up the field of precision nutrition, which aims to set dietary strategies in order to improve health with the greatest effectiveness. However, this objective is achieved only if the genetic profile of individuals and their living conditions are also considered. The relevance of this topic is strengthened considering the importance of nutrition during childhood and the impact on the development of obesity. In fact, the prevalence of global childhood obesity has increased substantially from 1990 and has now reached epidemic proportions. The current narrative review presents recent research on precision nutrition and its role on the prevention and treatment of obesity during pediatric years, a novel and promising area of research.