Asthma and wheezing disorders are common chronic health problems in childhood.
Breastfeeding provides health benefits, but it is not known whether or how breastfeeding …

ABSTRACT Background During the Pregnancy and Birth to 24 Months Project, the USDA
and Department of Health and Human Services initiated a review of evidence on diet and …

Despite a gradual decline in smoking rates over time, exposure to secondhand smoke
(SHS) continues to cause harm to nonsmokers, who are disproportionately children and …

The extent to which genetic risk factors are shared between childhood-onset (COA) and
adult-onset (AOA) asthma has not been estimated. On the basis of data from the UK Biobank …

The present systematic literature review is part of the 5th revision of the Nordic Nutrition
Recommendations. The overall aim was to review recent scientific data valid in a Nordic …

Objectives Childhood asthma is a complex condition where many environmental factors are
implicated in causation. The aim of this study was to complete a systematic review of the …

Objective To investigate the relationship between breastfeeding and the development of
paediatric asthma. Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted with …

Background Associations of larger families with lower prevalences of hay fever, eczema and
objective markers of allergic sensitization have been found fairly consistently in affluent …

Whether breastfeeding protects against the development of allergic disease has been a
frequent subject of study and debate for 75 years. This paper summarizes the published …

Perinatal programming, a dominant theory for the origins of cardiovascular disease,
proposes that environmental stimuli influence developmental pathways during critical …