Worldwide obesity is increasing at an alarming rate in children and adolescents, with the
consequent emergence of co-morbidities. Moreover, the maternal environment during …

This review analyzes the published evidence regarding maternal factors that influence the
developmental programming of long-term adiposity in humans and animals via the central …

Abstract Background Bisphenol A (BPA) is a sealant and flux of plastic materials and has
been determined to be an endocrine-disrupting chemical. Prenatal exposure to BPA can …

Leptin a regulator of body weight is involved in reproductive and developmental functions.
Leptin promoter DNA methylation (LEP) regulates gene expression in a tissue-specific …

Background Obesity and type-2 diabetes are on the rise and in utero exposure to
environmental contaminants is a suspected contributing factor. Our objective was to …

Background Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a kind of emerging environmental
endocrine disruptors, may interfere with the secretion of adipokines and affect fetal …

Background/Aims Obesity during pregnancy increases the risk of adverse clinical outcomes
and is associated with low-grade chronic inflammation. We describe maternal metabolic risk …

Background We sought to identify and characterize predictors of poor fetal growth among
variables extracted from perinatal medical records to gain insight into potential etiologic …

Background/objectives The murine postnatal leptin surge occurs within the first 4 weeks of
life and is critical for neuronal projection development within hypothalamic feeding circuits …

Background: The literature provides limited evidence of cord blood leptin levels in
gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), with contradictory and inconsistent results with respect …