The effects of lutein on cardiometabolic health across the life course: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The antioxidant lutein is suggested as being beneficial to cardiometabolic health because of its protective effect against oxidative stress, but evidence has not systematically been evaluated.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate systematically the effects of lutein (intake or concentrations) on cardiometabolic outcomes in different life stages.

Design: This is a systematic review with meta-analysis of literature published in MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central, Web of Science, PubMed, and Google Scholar up to August 2014.

Maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy and body composition of the child at age 6 y: the Generation R Study.

Background: Maternal diet during pregnancy may affect body composition of the offspring later in life, but evidence is still scarce.

Objective: We aimed to examine whether maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy are associated with body composition of the child at age 6 y.

Methods: This study was performed among 2695 Dutch mother-child pairs from a population-based prospective cohort study from fetal life onward.