Maternal pregravid obesity results in several adverse health outcomes during pregnancy,
including increased risk of gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, placental abruption, and …

We investigated whether diet-induced changes in the maternal intestinal microbiota were
associated with changes in bacterial metabolites and their receptors, intestinal inflammation …

Key points Maternal exercise improves the metabolic health of maternal mice challenged
with a high‐fat diet. Exercise intervention of obese mothers prevents fetal overgrowth …

Maternal obesity is associated with placental oxidative stress. However, the mechanism
underlying this association remains poorly understood. In the present study, a gilt obesity …

Epigenetics is a discipline that studies potentially reversible heritable changes in gene
expression with no structural modifications in the DNA sequence. The epigenetic machinery …

Endothelial colony forming progenitor cell (ECFC) function is compromised in diabetes,
leading to poor vascular endothelial repair, which contributes to impaired diabetic foot ulcer …

There is increasing recognition that the risk of a broad range of non-communicable
diseases, including obesity, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, are related not only …

Results Demographics. Patients with type 2 diabetes who were recruited into the study were
aged between 59.6 (SD±10.4) and 64.7 (SD±10.1) years in the NP and NI groups …