Appropriate in utero growth is essential for offspring development and is a critical contributor
to long-term health. Fetal growth is largely dictated by the availability of nutrients in maternal …

The prevalence of maternal obesity has risen dramatically in recent years, with
approximately one in five pregnant women in the UK now classed as obese (body mass …

It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that all women of reproductive age
receive education about maternal and fetal risks associated with prepregnancy obesity …

Biobanks provide an important repository of samples for research purposes. However, for
those samples to reflect the in vivo state, and for experimental reliability and reproducibility …

Context: Babies of obese women are often large at birth, which is associated with perinatal
complications and metabolic syndrome later in life. The mechanisms linking maternal …

OBJECTIVES: To assess precision magnetic resonance imaging in the neonate and
determine whether there is an early maternal influence on the pattern of neonatal fat …

Hypoxia may influence normal and different pathological processes. Low oxygenation
activates a variety of responses, many of them regulated by hypoxia‐inducible factor 1 …

Childhood obesity and its comorbidities continue to accelerate across the globe. Two-thirds
of pregnant women are obese/overweight, as are 20% of preschoolers. Gestational diabetes …

Herein we report placental weight and efficiency in relation to maternal BMI and the risk of
pregnancy complications in 55,105 pregnancies. Adjusted placental weight increased with …

Background: Fetal programming describes the theory linking environmental conditions
during embryonic and fetal development with risk of diseases later in life. Environmental …