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 …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Environmental or lifestyle exposures in utero may
influence the development of childhood asthma. In this meta-analysis, we aimed to assess …

Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of trimester-specific
gestational weight gain with offspring fetal growth, obesity risk, and cardiometabolic health …

Epidemiological and animal research shows that disease aetiology often has to be
evaluated with a life course perspective, starting as close to the time of conception as …

Emerging research has highlighted the importance of leptin in fetal growth and development
independent of its essential role in the maintenance of hunger and satiety through the …

Leptin has long been associated with metabolism as it is a critical regulator of both food
intake and energy expenditure, but recently, leptin dysregulation has been proposed as a …

To examine the associations between macrosomia risk and exposure to fine particulate
matter (PM2. 5) and its chemical components during pregnancy, we collected birth records …

Background Investigations on the potential effects of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2. 5)
on large for gestational age (LGA) are limited. Furthermore, no study has explored weekly …

This article is part of a Special Issue “SBN 2014”. Obesity in women of child-bearing age is a
growing problem in developed and developing countries. Evidence from human studies …

Leptin is secreted by the placenta and has a multi-facetted role in the regulation of functions
related to pregnancy. Metabolic disorders and insufficient homeostatic compensatory …