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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Maternal body composition"”.
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Impact of infant feeding status on maternal body composition
… risk for health problems throughout life. Maternal overweight and obesity is related to complications during pregnancy that endanger the health of the mother and her developing fetus. Pregnancy is also a time when excessive weight can be gained leading the mother susceptible to an increased …
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Effects of dietary protein deficiency during different stages of pregnancy on fetal development and maternal body composition and behavior
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, 1979
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Impact of DTG Use During Pregnancy on Birth Outcomes of HIV-Infected Women in the Western Cape, South Africa
… limited data on the combined impact of HIV and maternal body composition on birth outcomes. Methods: We enrolled WLH on TLD and a comparison group of women not living with HIV (WNLH) seeking antenatal care at primary health facilities in Cape Town. Gestational age (GA) was determined via …
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How do early environment, diet and physical activity interact to determine bone development in young children?
Aims: To examine the interaction of maternal factors (body composition, physical activity, diet and cigarette consumption) with childhood factors (body composition, diet & physical activity) in the determination of bone mineral accrual by aged 6 years, assessed by a) bone densitometry b) hip …
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The Impact of Antenatal Exercise in Overweight and Obese Women on Maternal and Offspring Health
… and obese women could improve offspring and maternal health and metabolic milieu, and protect offspring from adverse programming effects. Methods/Design A parallel two-arm randomised controlled trial was conducted in healthy non-smoking overweight and obese women (BMI≥25kg/m2) with a …
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The Timing and Composition of Gestational Weight Gain and the Impact on Neonatal Anthropometry
Background: Numerous maternal factors, such as body mass index (BMI), gestational weight gain (GWG), diet and physical activity (PA) have been shown to impact infant birth weight. In the UK, antenatal care tends to be based on pre-pregnancy BMI and women are not weighed routinely during pregnancy …
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Fish and meat intake during pregnancy. The effects on metabolism, bone and body compostition
… of fish and meat intake during pregnancy on maternal health and on the offspring’s metabolic health, bones and body composition. Herring or beef was provided to mice (C57Bl/6) during gestation and lactation. Later, after weaning, half of the offspring were crossed over to the other diet and …
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Influence of a physical exercise program, physical activity, sedentarism, body composition and physical fitness during pregnancy on body composition, physical fitness and neurocognition of the offspring: the gestafitos project
… concurrent exercise) during pregnancy to improve maternal and offspring health outcomes, as it has been shown to contribute positively to a better metabolic intrauterine environment. Body composition is a strong determinant of birth complications and future diseases. Exercise during pregnancy has …