Obesity is the most common medical condition in women of reproductive age. Obesity during
pregnancy has short term and long term adverse consequences for both mother and child …

Childhood obesity has reached pandemic proportions, and youth-onset type 2 diabetes is
following suit. This review summarises the literature on the influence of developmental …

Objective Obesity and cardiovascular disease are major global public health problems.
Maternal obesity has been linked to multiple adverse health consequences for both mother …

Background: Gestational phthalate and phenol exposure disrupts adipogenesis, contributing
to obesity in mice. Whether gestational phthalate or phenol exposure is associated with …

Background Associations have been shown between concurrent assessment of dietary
intake of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and childhood allergic outcomes. We …

Background Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) during pregnancy is associated with
adverse outcomes for mothers and offspring. Early, mid, and late pregnancy GWGs have …

Objective The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of controlling
maternal gestational weight gain (GWG) in the second and third trimesters on neonate body …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) may be manifested from a very early age. Genetic and
environmental (epigenetic) factors interact to affect development and give rise to an …

Background Obesity and central fat mass (FM) accrual drive disease development and are
related to greater morbidity and mortality. Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) …

Several human and animal studies have demonstrated that cardiometabolic parameters in
infancy, childhood, adolescence and even adulthood are negatively influenced by many …