Vitamins, Minerals, Nutrition and Maternal/Perinatal COVID-19—Is There a Link and an Opportunity for Intervention in Pregnant Mothers and Infants?
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Micronutrients and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 May 2022) | Viewed by 9691
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neonatology; paediatric and neonatal infectious disease; pediatrics; retinopathy of prematurity; neonatal nutrition; lactoferrin; probiotics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: maternal diseases of pregnancy; development of the placenta; fetal growth
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will review the current evidence on the relationships and links between COVID-19 in pregnant women and offspring, and the nutritional variables.
A state-of-the-art review will be provided, highlighting the role of bioactive substances and nutrients with potential action on COVID-19, including lactoferrin, resveratrol, vitamins, and trace elements.
The implications towards lactation of COVID-19 disease during pregnancy will be discussed and international guidelines will be reviewed, as well as the role of specific dietetic regimens (e.g., of hypoproteic, hypoglucidic, etc.) in specific pregnancy morbidities in women affected by COVID-19.
In addition, the putative role of COVID-19 towards preterm delivery and fetal growth will be analysed, together with the implications for infant growth after birth, and the diet opportunities to tackle potential issues in this area.
Lastly, this Special Issue will include a comprehensive review of the evidence regarding potential nutritional supplementations in preterm and term neonates born to mothers with COVID-19.
Dr. Paolo Manzoni
Dr. Bianca Masturzo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pregnancy
- nutrition
- nutrients
- bioactive
- SARS-CoV-2
- COVID-19
- neonate
- infant
- minerals
- vitamin