Table 1.

Study design characteristics.

Study Visit		Assessment
		Breastmilk	Nutritional	Anthropometric	Psychological
1st (1st month)	Mother	- macronutrients - carotenoids - fatty acid profile	- Food Frequency Questionnaire FFQ-6 1 [34] - dietary supplement use	- pre-pregnancy, 14 Hbd 2, 27 Hbd body mass - current body mass	- EPDS 3 [35] - PSS-10 4 [36,37]
	Infant	-	- breastfeeding frequency - dietary supplement use	- birth parameters - body mass - body length - head circumference	-
2nd (3rd month)	Mother	- macronutrients - carotenoids - fatty acid profile	- 3-day dietary record - carotenoid intake - dietary supplement use	- current body mass	- EPDS 3 [35] - PSS-10 4 [36,37]
	Infant	-	- breastfeeding frequency - dietary supplement use	- body mass - body length - head circumference	-
3rd (6th month)	Mother	- macronutrients - carotenoids - fatty acid profile	- 3-day dietary record - carotenoid intake - dietary supplement use	- current body mass	- EPDS 3 [35] - PSS-10 4 [36,37]
	Infant	-	- breastfeeding frequency - dietary supplement use - introduced to other foods or drinks	- body mass - body length - head circumference	- DSR 5 Scale [38].

¹ FFQ-6—Food Frequency Questionnaire; ² Hbd—hebdomas (weeks of gestation); ³ EPDS—Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale; ⁴ PSS-10—Perceived Stress Scale; ⁵ DSR—Children Development Scale.