Introduction Maternal obesity is associated with increased risk of offspring obesity and
cardiometabolic disease. Altered fetoplacental immune programming is a potential …

Major alterations in metabolism occur during pregnancy enabling the mother to provide
adequate nutrients to support infant development, affecting birth weight (BW) and potentially …

Dyslipidemia is a characteristic of maternal obesity and previous studies have demonstrated
abnormalities in fatty acid oxidation and storage in term placentas. However, there is little …

Background and aims Placental lipid transport is altered in women with high prepregnancy
body mass index (pre-BMI) or gestational diabetes (GDM), which consequently affects foetal …

Abstract Knowledge of the consequences of maternal obesity in human placental fatty acids
(FA) transport and metabolism is limited. Animal studies suggest that placental uptake of …

As the most common complication of pregnancy, hyperglycemia has a profound impact on
maternal and fetal health and the long-term development of the offspring. Placental …

Maternal obesity is present in 20–34% of pregnant women and has been associated with
both intrauterine growth restriction and large-for-gestational age fetuses. While fetal and …

Obesity rates in women of childbearing age is now at 29%, according to recent CDC reports.
It is known that obesity is associated with oxidative stress and inflammation, including …

Background The in-utero environment affects fetal development; it is vital to understand how
maternal diet during pregnancy influences childhood body composition. While research …

Obesity and pregnancy are associated with a combination of insulin resistance and
inflammatory changes which exacerbate in combination. Based on the similarity between …