Background Maternal nutrition is crucial for health in pregnancy and across the generations.
Experiencing food insecurity during pregnancy is a driver of inequalities in maternal diet with …

Household food insecurity (HFI) has been related to adverse maternal‐child health
outcomes and mental health worsening during pregnancy. Few studies evaluated the …

TAGGEDPPEDIATRICIANS CAN AND should play a critical role in addressing food
insecurity, a health-related social need with harmful impacts on child health, development …

Background Despite numerous efforts to improve the quality of maternal and child health
medical services, over 20 million babies are born with low birth weights each year globally …

Prior research has found that a high level of residential racial segregation, or the degree to
which racial/ethnic groups are isolated from one another, is associated with worsened infant …

Background Environmental factors have an impact on inappropriate food choices and
sedentary lifestyle, and both individually and in combination these factors favour improper …

Background: Excessive fluoride consumption affects reproductive and child health. We
examined the association between levels of fluoride in drinking water and birth weight, in the …

Every 8 seconds a baby is born in the United States. Maternal and newborn care are the
nation's most expensive clinical services, and despite spending more per capita on health …

Food insecurity is a well‐established obesity driver. Less is known about food insecurity
during pregnancy. This review (PROSPERO: CRD42022311669) aimed to explore …

Food insecurity, or limited access to nutritious foods, is a significant public health concern
especially among vulnerable populations including infants and young children in low …