Early life nutrition and gastrointestinal and allergic outcomes: the Generation R Study

Abstract

This thesis particularly focused on the outcomes of constipation, celiac disease auto antibodies, asthma-like symptoms, and atopic dermatitis, which are all prevalent in the general population. In line with this, the main goals of this thesis were to assess: · Infant nutrition: o Consequences of timing of complementary feeding o Determinants of dietary patterns in toddlers · Gastrointestinal outcomes: o Consequences of celiac disease autoantibodies during pregnancy o Nutritional and endocrinological determinants of functional constipation in childhood · Asthma-like symptoms and atopic dermatitis: o Nutritional determinants of asthma-like symptoms and atopic de