Perinatal diet and offspring anxiety: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Health behaviors during pregnancy have an impact on the developing offspring. Dietary factors play a role in the development of mental illness: however, less is known about the impact of diet factors during pre-conception, gestation, and lactation on anxiety levels in offspring. This scoping review sought to systematically map the available research involving human and animal subjects to identify nutritional interventions which may have a harmful or protective effect, as well as identify gaps. Studies investigating an association between any perinatal diet pattern or diet constituent and offspring anxiety were included. The number of studies reporting an association with increased or decreased levels of anxiety were counted and presented in figures. A total of 55,914 results were identifie

SUBMITTER: Monteiro S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9449687 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature