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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"prepregnancy obesity"”.
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Early Life Environments and Cognitive-Behavioral Outcomes of Children: A Life Course Approach
With ever increasing prevalence of obesity among reproductive aged women, more attention has been paid to prevention of adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes. In addition, the relationships of maternal prepregnancy obesity with the offspring’s future obesity and metabolic syndrome have been well …
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Maternal Prepregnancy Nutritional Status as a Key Link of Intergenerational Risk of Obesity and Chronic Disease in Childhood and Later Life among US Pacific Islanders: A Life Course Approach Study
The rising prevalence of obesity in women and its adverse effects on the health of their offspring may be a key link to intergenerational risk of obesity and chronic disease in childhood and later life among the US Pacific Islanders in Hawai‘i and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands. In a population …
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Prepregnancy Body Mass Index, Gestational Weight Gain, and Child's Asthma Development
The prevalence of childhood asthma, maternal prepregnancy obesity, and excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) have been on the rise in recent decades. This has brought attention to these topics and whether maternal weight related metrics affect the risk of asthma. Methodological challenges and …
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Prenatal exposure to maternal obesity and SFLT-1 overexpression and cardiovascular function in the adult offspring
… from what fetus experienced while in utero. The obesity epidemic has led to the evaluation of the effect of a high fat nutritional environment on fetal programming. Conversely, recent studies have shown that the maternal prepregnancy weight is a strong independent risk factor for preeclampsia. …