Background A woman's food intake during pregnancy has important implications not only for
herself but also for the future health and well-being of her child. Suboptimal dietary quality …

Pregnancy offers a window of opportunity to program the future health of both mothers and
offspring. During gestation, women experience a series of physical and metabolic …

Substrate supply to the fetus is a major regulator of prenatal growth. Maternal nutrition
influences the availability of nutrients for transfer to the fetus. Animal experiments …

Diet and patterns of eating during pregnancy can affect perinatal outcomes through direct
physiologic effects or by stressing the fetus in ways that permanently affect phenotype …

The “developmental origins of health and disease”(DOHaD) hypothesis proposes that
environmental conditions during fetal and early post-natal development influence lifelong …

Foetal development and infancy are life stages that are characterised by rapid growth,
development and maturation of organs and systems. Variation in the quality or quantity of …

Current evidence indicates that maternal diets before and during pregnancy could influence
rates of preterm birth, low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA) births …

Nutrition in Pregnancy: A Comparative Review of Major Guidel... : Obstetrical & Gynecological
Survey Nutrition in Pregnancy: A Comparative Review of Major Guidelines : Obstetrical & …

Maternal nutrition can have a profound effect on fetal growth, development, and subsequent
infant birth weight. Preconception dietary patterns have not been assessed in relation to …

Maternal nutrition during pregnancy, and how this impacts placental and fetal growth and
metabolism, is of considerable interest to women, their partners and their health care …