Background Perinatal growth abnormalities program susceptibility to childhood obesity,
which is further exaggerated by maternal overweight and obesity (MO) during pregnancy …

The traditional Mediterranean diet has been shown to be a healthy eating pattern that
protects against the development of many diseases in adults and children. Pregnancy is a …

Globally, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death. Most concerning is the
rise in cardiovascular risk factors including obesity, diabetes and hypertension among youth …

Diet, physical activity, smoking and alcohol behaviour-change interventions delivered in
pregnancy aim to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes. This review reports a synthesis of …

Epigenetic transmission of metabolic disease to an offspring increases their risk for
development of metabolic disease later in life. With the increasing rates of obesity in women …

Poor intrauterine environments increase the prevalence of chronic metabolic diseases in
offspring, whereas maternal exercise is an effective measure to break this vicious …

The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) framework aims to understand
how environmental exposures in early life shape lifecycle health. Our understanding and the …

Epidemiological studies show that low birth weight is associated with mortality from
cardiovascular disease in adulthood, indicating that chronic diseases could be influenced by …

As part of the suite of national physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines for
Australians, the Australian Government, in 2018, commissioned a review and synthesis of …

Aims To explore the association between physical activity in early pregnancy and
development of preeclampsia in women with preexisting diabetes. Methods In a prospective …