Mycotoxin Exposure during the First 1000 Days of Life and Its Impact on Children's Health: A Clinical Overview.

ABSTRACT: The first 1000 days of life are very sensitive to any event that alters health programming, and they represent a window for intervention to improve population health. Pregnant women, fetuses, and infants are particularly vulnerable to exposure to food contaminated with mycotoxins. This review aimed to gather data from the literature on mycotoxins exposure during intrauterine life and early childhood, and associated health risks, as assessed through human biomonitoring and mycotoxins occurrence in foods, in different continents. Maternal internal exposure to aflatoxins is associated with fetal growth restriction, while exposure to fumonisins increases the risk of offspring's neural tube defects. Mycotoxin contamination of breast milk is reported worldwide, but data on adverse effects of the

SUBMITTER: Alvito P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8955462 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature