Focus on nutrition and metabolic diseases during pregnancy to improve life cycle health / 中华围产医学杂志

ABSTRACT

As illustrated by the concept of the developmental origins of health and diseases (DOHaD) and the first 1000 days, early life is essential for preventing adult diseases. A sharper focus on intervention during pregnancy and even before conception is needed to improve maternal and child health. Pregnant women should be encouraged to adopt a balanced diet to enhance the status of undernutrition and overnutrition. A balanced diet and physical exercise are significant to ensure appropriate weight gain during pregnancy. A healthy lifestyle should be guaranteed and continued throughout the life cycle, and breastfeeding should be encouraged to prevent adult disease risk and improve life cycle health.