Improving lung health in low-income and middle-income countries: from challenges to solutions

J Meghji, K Mortimer, A Agusti, BW Allwood, I Asher… - The Lancet, 2021‏ - thelancet.com
Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear a disproportionately high burden of
the global morbidity and mortality caused by chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), including …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary inflammatory index and non-communicable disease risk: a narrative review

CM Phillips, LW Chen, B Heude, JY Bernard… - Nutrients, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
There are over 1,000,000 publications on diet and health and over 480,000 references on
inflammation in the National Library of Medicine database. In addition, there have now been …

Primary prevention of asthma: from risk and protective factors to targeted strategies for prevention

E Von Mutius, HH Smits - The Lancet, 2020‏ - thelancet.com
Asthma is a complex disease that often starts in childhood. Genomic and environmental
factors as well as aberrant immune maturation early in life can contribute to the onset of …

Dietary factors during pregnancy and atopic outcomes in childhood: A systematic review from the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

C Venter, C Agostoni, SH Arshad… - Pediatric Allergy and …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Rationale Allergic diseases are an increasing public health concern, and early life
environment is critical to immune development. Maternal diet during pregnancy has been …

Immunomodulatory effects of vitamin D in pregnancy and beyond

F Cyprian, E Lefkou, K Varoudi, G Girardi - Frontiers in immunology, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
In addition to its role in calcium homeostasis and bone formation, a modulatory role of the
active form of vitamin D on cells of the immune system, particularly T lymphocytes, has been …

Lack of iron, zinc, and vitamins as a contributor to the etiology of atopic diseases

DG Peroni, K Hufnagl, P Comberiati… - Frontiers in …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Micronutritional deficiencies are common in atopic children suffering from atopic dermatitis,
food allergy, rhinitis, and asthma. A lack of iron, in particular, may impact immune activation …

Zinc intakes and health outcomes: An umbrella review

J Li, D Cao, Y Huang, B Chen, Z Chen, R Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
It is widely accepted that the zinc element is crucial in human beings. Zinc has gained more
attention during the COVID-19 pandemic due to its utilization for the treatment and …

Diet and asthma: is it time to adapt our message?

L Guilleminault, EJ Williams, HA Scott, BS Berthon… - Nutrients, 2017‏ - mdpi.com
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disorder which is associated with airway inflammation.
Environmental factors, in association with genetic susceptibility, play a critical role in asthma …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of Mediterranean dietary patterns during pregnancy on maternal and offspring health

F Amati, S Hassounah, A Swaka - Nutrients, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Pregnancy outcomes for both mother and child are affected by many
environmental factors. The importance of pregnancy for 'early life programming'is well …

Risk and protective factors for childhood asthma: what is the evidence?

JA Castro-Rodriguez, E Forno… - The Journal of Allergy …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
To summarize the principal findings on risk and protective factors for childhood asthma, we
retrieved systematic reviews on these topics in children (aged 1 to 18 years), up to January …