Targeting the Infant Gut Microbiota Through a Perinatal Educational Dietary Intervention: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Samantha L Dawson   ^{1, 2} , BCompSci, MHumNutr ;   Jeffrey M Craig   ^{2, 3} , BSc, PhD ;   Gerard Clarke   ^{4, 5, 6} , PhD ;   Mohammadreza Mohebbi   ⁷ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Phillip Dawson   ⁸ , BCompSci (Hons), PhD ;   Mimi LK Tang   ^{9, 10} , MBBS, PhD ;   Felice N Jacka   ^{1, 11, 12} , PhD

¹ Food & Mood Centre, IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia

² Environmental & Genetic Epidemiology Research, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia

³ School of Medicine, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Australia

⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioural Science, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

⁵ APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

⁶ INFANT Research Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

⁷ Biostatistics unit, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia

⁸ Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

⁹ Allergy and Immune Disorders, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia

¹⁰ Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

¹¹ Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia

¹² Black Dog Institute, NSW, Australia