Obesity and pregnancy: mechanisms of short term and long term adverse consequences for mother and child

PM Catalano, K Shankar - Bmj, 2017 - bmj.com
Obesity is the most common medical condition in women of reproductive age. Obesity during
pregnancy has short term and long term adverse consequences for both mother and child …

Maternal obesity during pregnancy and cardiovascular development and disease in the offspring

R Gaillard - European journal of epidemiology, 2015 - Springer
Maternal obesity during pregnancy is an important public health problem in Western
countries. Currently, obesity prevalence rates in pregnant women are estimated to be as …

Antenatal lifestyle advice for women who are overweight or obese: LIMIT randomised trial

JM Dodd, D Turnbull, AJ McPhee, AR Deussen… - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the effect of antenatal dietary and lifestyle interventions on health
outcomes in overweight and obese pregnant women. Design Multicentre randomised trial …

Type of fatty acids in maternal diets during pregnancy and/or lactation and metabolic consequences of the offspring

LV Mennitti, JL Oliveira, CA Morais, D Estadella… - The Journal of nutritional …, 2015 - Elsevier
During pregnancy and/or lactation, maternal nutrition is related to the adequate
development of the fetus, newborn and future adult, likely by modifications in fetal …

The effects of antenatal dietary and lifestyle advice for women who are overweight or obese on maternal diet and physical activity: the LIMIT randomised trial

JM Dodd, C Cramp, Z Sui, LN Yelland, AR Deussen… - BMC medicine, 2014 - Springer
Background Overweight and obesity is a significant health concern during pregnancy. Our
aim was to investigate the effect of providing antenatal dietary and lifestyle advice to women …

Organic production enhances milk nutritional quality by shifting fatty acid composition: A United States–wide, 18-month study

CM Benbrook, G Butler, MA Latif, C Leifert, DR Davis - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Over the last century, intakes of omega-6 (ω-6) fatty acids in Western diets have dramatically
increased, while omega-3 (ω-3) intakes have fallen. Resulting ω-6/ω-3 intake ratios have …

Linoleic acid: between doubts and certainties

B Choque, D Catheline, V Rioux, P Legrand - Biochimie, 2014 - Elsevier
Linoleic acid is the most abundant polyunsaturated fatty acid in human nutrition and
represents about 14 g per day in the US diet. Following the discovery of its essential …

Docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid nutrition in early development

SE Carlson, J Colombo - Advances in pediatrics, 2016 - advancesinpediatrics.com
Red blood cell DHA and ARA levels are lower in infants fed formula without DHA and ARA,
compared with infants fed human milk [10, 13, 14]; this is evidence of lower status. However …

Linoleic acid and the pathogenesis of obesity

SS Naughton, ML Mathai, DH Hryciw… - Prostaglandins & other …, 2016 - Elsevier
The modern Western diet has been consumed in developed English speaking countries for
the last 50 years, and is now gradually being adopted in Eastern and developing countries …

Higher maternal diet quality during pregnancy and lactation is associated with lower infant weight-for-length, body fat percent, and fat mass in early postnatal life

MJ Tahir, JL Haapala, LP Foster, KM Duncan… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Maternal pregnancy nutrition influences fetal growth. Evidence is limited, however, on the
relationship of maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation on infant postnatal growth and …