Rivista di formazione e aggiornamento professionale del pediatra e del medico di base, fondata nel 1982. In collaborazione con l'Associazione Culturale Pediatri.
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Alimentazione materna ed esiti riproduttivi

Maternal feeding and reproductive outcomes

Tanita Buzzi1, Francesca Filippini1, Giovanni Zanconato2, Stefania Ruggeri3, Fabio Parazzini4, Renata Bortolus1

1Ufficio Promozione della Ricerca, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona
2Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Odontostomatologiche e Materno-Infantili, Università di Verona
3CREA - Centro di Ricerca Alimenti e Nutrizione, Roma
4Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di Comunità, Università di Milano

Marzo 2019 - pagg. 170 -176

Abstract
Latest studies show a possible correlation between nutrition and reproductive health. In particular, adherence to the Mediterranean diet during the preconceptional and periconceptional period is associated with a lower risk of infertility, miscarriage, prematurity, birth defects and foetal growth restriction. For women of childbearing age the results of epidemiological investigations underline the importance of adopting a nutritional approach aimed at reducing the adverse outcomes of reproduction. In this context, the Mediterranean diet is an effective tool for prevention and well-being. Health care professionals should provide active information about the role played by
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Corrispondenza: renata.bortolus@aovr.veneto.it