Background Stillbirth rates in high-income countries have shown little or no improvement
over the past two decades. Prevention strategies that target risk factors could be important in …

Current understanding of biologic processes indicates that women's nutritional status before
and during early pregnancy may play an important role in determining early developmental …

This paper is the first in a three-part series on preterm birth, which is the leading cause of
perinatal morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Infants are born preterm at less …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization estimates the prevalence of preterm
birth to be 5–18% across 184 countries of the world. Statistics from countries with reliable …

Although individual behaviors have not been proven to have a strong influence on the risk of
preterm birth, consistent evidence suggests that a constellation of favorable lifestyle factors …

ContextBoth short and long interpregnancy intervals have been associated with an
increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. However, whether this possible association is …

Importance Interpregnancy intervals shorter than 18 months are associated with higher risks
of adverse pregnancy outcomes. It is currently unknown whether short intervals are …

BACKGROUND Micronutrient deficiencies have been associated with significantly high
reproductive risks, ranging from infertility to fetal structural defects and long-term diseases. In …

Background This systematic review summarises association between short interpregnancy
intervals and adverse perinatal health outcomes in high‐resource settings to inform …

BackgroundPreconception, prenatal and postnatal maternal stress is associated with
increased offspring psychopathology, but findings are inconsistent and need replication. We …