Curr. Diab. Rep.
Are Lifestyle Interventions to Reduce Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Cost Effective? A Systematic Review.
Bailey C, Skouteris H, Teede H, Hill B, De Courten B, Walker R, Liew D, Thangaratinam S, Ademi Z
Lifestyle interventions (such as diet and physical activity) successfully limit excessive gestational weight gain and can reduce some adverse maternal ...
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Psychoneuroendocrinology
Maternal chronic stress correlates with serum levels of cortisol, glucose and C-peptide in the fetus, and maternal non chronic stress with fetal growth.
Valsamakis G, Papatheodorou D, Chalarakis N, Manolikaki M, Margeli A, Papassotiriou I, Barber TM, Kumar S, Kalantaridou S, Mastorakos G
During pregnancy, maternal stressors cause changes in both maternal and fetal HPA axes. We therefore investigated the impact of maternal non chronic a ...
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Trials
Impact of an integrated nutrition, health, water sanitation and hygiene, psychosocial care and support intervention package delivered during the pre- and peri-conception period and/or during pregnancy and early childhood on linear growth of infants in the first two years of life, birth outcomes and nutritional status of mothers: study protocol of a factorial, individually randomized controlled trial in India.
Taneja S, Chowdhury R, Dhabhai N, Mazumder S, Upadhyay RP, Sharma S, Dewan R, Mittal P, Chellani H, Bahl R, Bhan MK, Bhandari N
The period from conception to two years of life denotes a critical window of opportunity for promoting optimal growth and development of children. Poo ...
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J. Nutr. Biochem.
Maternal malnutrition impacts placental morphology and transporter expression: an origin for poor offspring growth.
Connor KL, Kibschull M, Matysiak-Zablocki E, Nguyen TTN, Matthews SG, Lye SJ, Bloise E
The placenta promotes fetal growth through nutrient transfer and selective barrier systems. An optimally developed placenta can adapt to changes in th ...
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Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 2020 Jan 28
Associations of maternal diet and placenta leptin methylation.
Daniels TE, Sadovnikoff A, Ridout KK, Lesseur C, Marsit CJ, Tyrka AR
Maternal diet is an important factor in prenatal development that also has implications for disease risk later in life. The adipokine leptin is a key ...
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