Preterm birth is a multifactorial syndrome with a variety of risk factors and long-term health
consequences for the child. Placental pathology provides important diagnostic information to …

Starting from the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypotheses
proposed by David Barker, namely fetal programming, in the past years, there is a growing …

Abstract The British epidemiologist Dr. David J. Barker documented the relationship
between infant birth weight and later onset of hypertension, coronary heart disease, insulin …

Child obesity continues to be a prevalent public health issue. This meta‐analysis
synthesized 17 studies investigating the association between levels of psychological stress …

Importance Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are widespread urban air pollutants from
combustion of fossil fuel and other organic material shown previously to be neurotoxic …

Substantial evidence links antenatal depression, anxiety and stress with negative effects on
foetal development, resulting in enduring problems in child development. Despite this, there …

Bisphenol A (BPA) is among the best-studied endocrine disrupting chemicals, known to act
via multiple steroid hormone receptors to mediate a myriad of cellular effects. Pre-, peri-, and …

Objective Pregnancy and postpartum periods require continuity in care and counseling.
During the pandemic process, telemedicine and telenursing applications have been used to …

Purpose The international perinatal literature focuses on depression in the postpartum
period. Prevalence and pathways of depression, anxiety and stress from pregnancy through …

This review discusses the effects of stress and nutrition throughout development and
summarises studies investigating how exposure to stress or alterations in nutrition during the …