The placenta is an endocrine fetal organ, which secretes a plethora of steroid-and proteo-
hormones, metabolic proteins, growth factors, and cytokines in order to adapt maternal …

The prevalence of maternal obesity is increasing at an alarming rate, and is providing a
major challenge for obstetric practice. Adverse effects on maternal and fetal health are …

Background Maternal obesity during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of
obesity and metabolic disease in the offspring. Supplementation with fish oil (FO), which is …

Obesity in pregnant women causes fetal cardiac dysfunction and increases offspring
cardiovascular disease risk, but its effect on myocardial metabolism is unknown. We …

Objective Maternal obesity increases the incidence of excess adiposity in newborns,
resulting in lifelong diabetes risk. Elevated intrauterine fetal adiposity has been attributed to …

Background Everyday, humans are exposed to a mixture of environmental chemicals some
of which have endocrine and/or metabolism disrupting actions which may contribute to non …

Maternal immune activation is associated with adverse offspring neurodevelopmental
outcomes, many mediated by in utero microglial programming. As microglia remain …

Maternal obesity is increasingly prevalent and is associated with elevated morbidity and
mortality rates in both mothers and children. At the interface between the mother and the …

Maternal obesity and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are linked with impaired placental
function and early onset of non-communicable cardiometabolic diseases in offspring …

Fetal sex affects the risk of pregnancy complications and the long-term effects of prenatal
environment on health. Some have hypothesized that growth strategies differ between the …