Maternal Diet and Infant Risk of Eczema and Food Allergy: A Systematic Review

Overview

Journal Cureus

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2023 Oct 16

PMID 37842462

Authors

Faten Sid Idris

Humna Anis Shaikh

Ilma Vahora

Kiran Prasad Moparthi

Majdah T Al Rushaidi

MeghanaReddy Muddam

Omobolanle A Obajeun

Abdelrahman Abaza

Arturo P Jaramillo

Pousette Hamid

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Abstract

A significant portion of the pediatric population is affected by allergy diseases, which have become a worldwide public health concern. Could maternal diet during pregnancy or breastfeeding influence allergy outcomes in offspring? If this cause-and-effect relationship exists, it will be simpler to design prevention strategies to reduce the incidence of allergic disorders in children, reduce costs to the public health system and to parents, and improve the quality of life of allergic children and their parents. In this systematic review, we will visit the literature from January 2019 to December 2022 to see if any relationship was found between maternal nutrition and its consequences on children's allergy occurrence. We will focus only on food allergy and eczema outcomes in the offspring. Also, we will summarize what was found to be protective or nonprotective to better control the outcomes if applied in the future.

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