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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"maternal nutrition"”.
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Maternal Nutrition Supplementation during Preconception and Pregnancy and Human Milk Composition
… HM composition can be influenced by a range of maternal, infant, and environmental factors, and is suggested to be tailored for each infant. Understanding the factors that influence HM nutrient composition, such as maternal supplement use and lactation stage, is essential to ensure optimal …
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Maternal nutrition, breast milk micronutrients and infant growth in rural Gambia
Maternal nutrition, breast milk micronutrients and infant growth in rural Gambia The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of an infant’s life. However, the evidence base to support the adequacy of breast milk with respect to infant micronutrient …
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The effect of maternal nutrition on offspring gene regulation via epigenetic modulation
Maternal nutrition during pregnancy is an important intrauterine factor that results in persistent alteration of the offspring epigenome and associates with health outcome later in life. Both DNA methylation and histone modifications have been reported in a range of rat tissues including liver, …
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Institutional Global Maternal Nutrition Communication: Unblackboxing Rhetorical Power Dynamics in Transnational Spaces
… (mis)articulations within the realm of global maternal nutrition (MN) communication design. Specifically, I sought to demystify the behind-the-scenes interactions and negotiations among funders (in this case, USAID headquarters), contractors (global health designers for a project called …
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Effects of weaning age and maternal nutrition on gene expression of longissimus muscle of beef steers
… wanted to test if the exposure to an increased maternal nutrition during late gestation might result in an early increase in the expression of genes and/or other changes due to epigenetic regulation that leads to adipogenesis and lipogenesis in the offspring’s LM. A microarray analysis was …
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Influence of feed efficiency ranking and maternal nutrition on gut microbiome, metabolome, and transcriptome in beef and dairy cattle
… demonstrating the central role of manipulating maternal nutrition on hindgut microbiome in offspring have been performed with non-ruminants. Whether this phenomena exist in cattle is largely unknown. Therefore, the objective of the fifth experiment was to evaluate the impact of maternal …
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The Impact of Nutritional Deficiencies and Iron Deficiency Anaemia on Pregnancy Outcome Among Adult Pregnant South Asian Women in the UK: Review of Health Risks, Barriers and Policy Interventions
Background: Nutritional deficiency is an essential factor that impacts pregnancy outcomes. Nutritional deficiency increases the risk of anaemia, and it has different impacts such as gestational diabetes, low birth weight and preterm delivery. The main aim of the study is to examine the effect of …
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Understanding the effects of maternal undernutrition in early gestation on placental development in late gestation
… with these adult diseases, inadequate maternal nutrition just prior toor during pregnancy is also a risk factor. The goal of my research is to identifythe critical time point by which maternal under-nutrition (MUN) during earlygestation permanently alters placental development, the …
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Mechanisms of Copper Deficiency in the Zebrafish Embryo
Proper maternal nutrition is critical for early embryonic development. Despite overwhelming epidemiologic data indicating the benefits nutrient supplementation for the developing organism we do not fully understand the genetics of predisposition to abnormal developmental phenotypes when faced with …
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Factors influencing migrant maternal and infant nutrition in Cape Town, South Africa
… including South Africa. In particular, nutrition during pregnancy and the first two years of a child’s life impact infant morbidity (e.g. diarrhoea, chronic disease) and mortality, yet little is known about maternal and infant nutrition in relation to migration. Positing that migration …
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Association of Fat Oxidation and Insulin Resistance in Prepubertal Children
… of physical activity, breastfeeding, and good maternal nutrition.
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Paediatric asthma and wheeze: early life origins
… cohort. In particular, the contributions of maternal nutrition, and fetal and postnatal growth were assessed.<br/>The mothers of healthy, term infants had their body composition, lifestyle and diet characterised before and during pregnancy. Serum anti-oxidants, vitamin D and polyunsaturated …
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Investigating relationships between maternal micronitrient intakes, dietary patterns and alcohol consumption during pregnancy
… fetus is greater in the presence of inadequate maternal nutrition. Findings from observational studies in the general population have also indicated that heavy drinking is associated with poorer quality diets. Aims: The aims of this thesis were to explore relationships between patterns of …
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Effects of adverse prenatal environments on the physiology and behaviour of the offspring
Maternal periconceptional nutrition affects growth, metabolism and endocrine development of the offspring into postnatal life. However, the effects on postnatal behaviour are unknown. We investigated the effects of maternal periconceptional undernutrition (PCUN) on three main aspects of offspring …
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Fetal programming in cattle: the effects of varying maternal protein intake in adolescent beef heifers on fetal and postnatal growth and development of the calf
… important species, have shown that maternal nutritional status during gestation influences the fetal development, postnatal growth pathways and metabolism and reproductive development of the offspring. Wide variation in pasture quality and quantity available for the cow herd …
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Pregnancy outcomes of women with Type 2 and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM): specific focus on client engagement with health professionals, diagnosis of GDM and supplementation with omega 3 fatty acids
Maternal nutrition is essential to the well being of mother and baby during pregnancy and beyond. It is necessary for effective placental accretion, foetal growth and development and optimal pregnancy outcomes. Adequate nutrition becomes even more critical when pregnancies are complicated with …
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Consumption of Endophyte Infected Fescue During Gestation in Beef Cows
… Reduced blood flow to the fetus and inadequate maternal nutrition contributes to intra uterine growth restriction (IUGR), and this work proposed that fescue endophyte toxicity affects the gestating cow and fetus. Three studies were completed. In experiment 1, gestating cows grazed high or low …
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Pregnancy outcome in South Asian women: Factors affecting diet and nutrition
… (1) and the cause is yet largely unknown but as maternal nutrition can account for up to 5.0% variance in birth weight further investigation is required (2). Social and cultural norms and constraints affect food choice (3) and therefore the factors affecting food choice for pregnant South Asian …
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The impact of maternal overnutrition during the periconceptional period on the development of postnatal obesity in the sheep.
… during the periconceptional period alone to maternal obesity is associated with an increased risk of obesity in the offspring, and if so, whether the impact of maternal obesity can be ameliorated by maternal weight loss immediately before conception. The present study has investigated in …
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Autophagy: activation, function and regulation by a protein restricted diet during pregnancy and lactation
… on the mechanisms behind the effects of a maternal low protein diet on diseases in offspring. However, thus far, the mechanisms behind the physiological and molecular adaptations in the mother in response to protein restriction during pregnancy and lactation are not well understood. Because …
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