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Title
Maternal diet during pregnancy and islet autoimmunity in offspring.
Authors
Lamb, Molly M; Myers, Mark A; Barriga, Katherine; Zimmet, Paul Z; Rewers, Marian; Norris, Jill M
Abstract
Recent studies on the etiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) suggest that the components of the infant diet are associated with islet autoimmunity (IA), a precursor of T1DM. The role of prenatal nutritional exposures has not been thoroughly investigated.