Obesity is a complex condition that interweaves biological, developmental, environmental,
behavioral, and genetic factors; it is a significant public health problem. The most common …

Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for the first six months of life, but many infants
receive pumped milk, formula, donor human milk, or other nutritional sources during this …

Abstract 'Dysbiosis' of the maternal gut microbiome, in response to challenges such as
infection, altered diet and stress during pregnancy, has been increasingly associated with …

Early life gut microbiota have been increasingly recognized as major contributors to short
and/or long-term human health and diseases. Numerous studies have demonstrated that …

The activity of the commensal microbiota significantly impacts human health and has been
linked to the development of many diseases, including cancer. Gnotobiotic animal models …

Aim This paper integrates clinical expertise to earlier research about the behaviours of the
healthy, alert, full‐term infant placed skin‐to‐skin with the mother during the first hour after …

Environmental exposures, psychosocial stressors and nutrition are all potentially important
influences that may impact health outcomes directly or via interactions with the genome or …

Early life, including the establishment of the intestinal microbiome, represents a critical
window of growth and development. Postnatal factors affecting the microbiome, including …

The fact that not all individuals exposed to the same environmental risk factors develop
obesity supports the hypothesis of the existence of underlying genetic and epigenetic …

Commensal gut bacterial communities (microbiomes) are predicted to influence human
health and disease,. Neonatal gut microbiomes are colonized with maternal and …