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Mothers and their children’s health (MATCH): a study protocol for a population‐based longitudinal cohort

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background The quality of prenatal care is critical for the prevention of adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 64 % of women worldwide have access to over four sessions of prenatal care throughout ...
Reihaneh Pirjani, Ashraf Moini, Javad Heshmati, Azar Mardi-Mamaghani, Mahnaz Esmaeili, Mehrnoosh Shafaatdoost, Arezoo Maleki-Hajiagha, Elham Karimi, Mojgan Hossein-boroujerdi, Fatemeh Shokri, Zahra Mosanezhad, Niloofar Bajool, Matina Noori, Ladan Hosseini, Emma Persad, Mahdi Sepidarkish   +15 more
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A qualitative assessment of barriers and facilitators to implementing recommended infant nutrition practices in Mumbai, India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2020
Background Childhood malnutrition has been a longstanding crisis in Mumbai, India. Despite national IYCF (Infant Young Child Feeding) guidelines to promote best practices for infant/toddler feeding, nearly one-third of children under age five are stunted
Priyanka Athavale, Kristin Hoeft, Rupal M. Dalal, Ameya P. Bondre, Piyasree Mukherjee, Karen Sokal-Gutierrez   +5 more
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Calorie Intake of Pregnant Women and Related Factors in Health Centers of Urban Areas Qom, 2007 [PDF]

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2011
Background and Objectives: Pregnancy is a critical period during which good maternal nutrition plays a key role influencing the health of both mother and child.
z Abedini, H Ahmari Tehran, R Ahangari
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Effects of probiotics on gastrointestinal symptoms, anthropometric measurements, and breastfeeding duration in infants with colic: a randomized control trial [PDF]

São Paulo Medical Journal
BACKGROUND: Infantile colic has a multifactorial etiology. Recent studies have suggested that probiotics may be effective in its management. OBJECTIVE: This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of the Actiregularis strain (5×106 cfu\ml) included
Aysu Yıldız Karaahmet, Gülümser Dolgun, Metehan Özen   +2 more
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Factors associated with fetal macrosomia

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2019
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical factors, as well as weight gain, in a group of pregnant women, associating them with fetal macrosomia in a public institution in Antioquia, Colombia, from 2010-2017.
Vanessa Agudelo-Espitia, Beatriz Elena Parra-Sosa, Sandra L Restrepo-Mesa   +2 more
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Nutritional sub-fertility in the dairy cow: towards improved reproductive management through a better biological understanding

Animal, 2010
There has been a significant decline in the reproductive performance of dairy cattle in recent decades. Cows, take longer time to return to the oestrus after calving, have poorer conception rates, and show fewer signs of oestrus.
N.C. Friggens, C. Disenhaus, H.V. Petit
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Safety of maternal creatine supplementation: evidence from a guinea pig model of full-term pregnancy

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
Background Maternal creatine supplementation, whereby a mother consumes creatine throughout pregnancy to increase fetal creatine levels, has been proposed as a prophylactic therapy for improving developmental outcomes in cases of fetal growth restriction,
Alice K. Freeman, Rebecca M. Dyson, Mary J. Berry, Stacey J. Ellery   +3 more
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Effectiveness of community-based personalized breastfeeding assessment and intervention in improving child growth among 0–4 months infants

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Breastfeeding is critical for infant health, yet suboptimal practices persist due to sociocultural and structural barriers, especially in low-resource urban settings.
Pranita Priyadarshini Nayak , Akanksha Tomar , Preeti Gupta   +2 more
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Infections at the maternal–fetal interface: an overview of pathogenesis and defence

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021
Christina J Megli, Carolyn B Coyne
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Maternal immune activation and neuroinflammation in human neurodevelopmental disorders

Nature Reviews Neurology, 2021
Velda X Han, Shrujna Patel, Hannah F Jones   +2 more
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