The Association of a Vegan Diet during Pregnancy with Maternal and Child Outcomes: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Background: With the increasing prevalence of pregnant women adhering to a vegan diet, gaining insight into their nutritional intake and its association with maternal and fetal outcomes is essential to providing recommendations and developing guidelines for general practice. Methods: Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, a systematic review of the available scientific literature in Medline, Embase, and Cochrane was conducted in January 2024. Results: The titles and abstracts of 2211 unique articles were screened. Only six studies were eligible for inclusion and assessed for methodological quality using the (National Institutes of Health Study Quality (NIHSQ) Assessment Tool. The intake of protein and vario

SUBMITTER: Meulenbroeks D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11478456 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature