Maternal nutrition is critically involved in the development and health of the fetus. We
evaluated maternal methyl-group donor intake through diet (methionine, betaine, choline …

The inflammatory and metabolic derangements of obesity in pregnant women generate an
adverse intrauterine environment, increase pregnancy complications and adverse fetal …

It is well known that phenotype of animals may be modified by the nutritional modulations
through epigenetic mechanisms. As a key and central component of epigenetic network …

Background Breastfeeding benefits both infants and mothers. Recent research shows long-
term health and human capital benefits among individuals who were breastfed. Epigenetic …

BACKGROUND: Neurons containing proopiomelanocortin (POMC)-derived peptides, known
to control stress axis, metabolic, and immune functions, have a lower function in patients …

Objective Parental environmental exposures can strongly influence descendant risks for
adult disease. How paternal obesity changes the sperm chromatin leading to the acquisition …

Despite constant research and public policy efforts, the obesity epidemic continues to be a
major public health threat, and new approaches are urgently needed. It has been shown that …

Early life stress in humans (ie maltreatment, violence exposure, loss of a loved one) and in
rodents (ie disrupted attachment or nesting, electric shock, restraint, predator odor) occurs …