Imbalance between omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in early pregnancy Is predictive of postpartum depression in a Belgian cohort

While adolescent pregnant women are more likely to be deficient in nutrients, and feel stress and depression compared to pregnant adults, Singh et al. (2017) believe that this may correlate with poorer pregnancy outcomes too. The purpose of this study was to examine 108 pregnant Latina adolescents, evaluating the relationship between their micronutrient dietary intake, […]

In this review, Sparling et al. (2017) aimed to evaluate whether perinatal depression (depression during pregnancy or post‐partum) is connected to dietary intake (adherence to diets, dietary consumption of essential nutrients or supplements). This association has been proposed since essential nutrients that are important in the neurotransmission system are depleted during pregnancy. Of the 35 […]