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Maternal nutritional status, C1 metabolism and offspring DNA methylation: a review of current evidence in human subjects. [PDF]

, 2011
: Evidence is growing for the long-term effects of environmental factors during early-life on later disease susceptibility. It is believed that epigenetic mechanisms (changes in gene function not mediated by DNA sequence alteration), particularly DNA ...
Dominguez Salas, Paula, Dominguez-Salas, P, Prentice, AM, Sophie E. Moore, Cox, SE, Dominguez-Salas, Paula, Prentice, Andrew M, Hennig, Branwen J, Paula Dominguez-Salas, Andrew M. Prentice, Moore, SE, Moore, Sophie E, Hennig, BJ, Cox, Sharon E, Prentice, Andrew M., Moore, Sophie E., Hennig, Branwen J., Branwen J. Hennig, Sharon E. Cox, Cox, Sharon E.   +19 more
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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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Advancing Pregnancy and Pediatric Science through the NIH Transporter Elucidation Network [PDF]

Clin Pharmacol Ther
Human gestation is characterized by dynamic changes in maternal physiology and maturation of tissue functions before and after birth. The fetus and neonate are highly dependent upon transfer of maternal nutrients via the placenta and lactating mammary gland, which frequently involve selective membrane transporter proteins.
Wang J, Unadkat J, Arnold S, Fallon J, Fattahi P, Huh D, Ieronimakis N, Kelly E, Lutsenko S, Stroud R, Tiley J, Yang J, Zhou X, Zhu H, Rao R, Giacomini K, Aleksunes L.   +16 more
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Ewe-lamb bonding behaviours at birth are affected by maternal undernutrition in pregnancy [PDF]

, 2003
Maternal undernutrition in pregnancy results in low birth-weights and impaired postnatal survival in sheep. Largely anecdotal evidence suggests that the expression of appropriate maternal and neonate behaviours may also be disrupted by undernutrition. In
Dwyer, CM; id_orcid, Lawrence, Alistair, Lawrence, AB; id_orcid, Bishop, SC, Lewis, M, Dwyer, CM   +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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The effect of maternal common mental disorders on infant undernutrition in Butajira, Ethiopia: the P-MaMiE study. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Although maternal common mental disorder (CMD) appears to be a risk factor for infant undernutrition in South Asian countries, the position in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is unclear METHODS: A population-based cohort of 1065 women, in the third ...
Mark Tomlinson, Vikram Patel, Prince Martin, Atalay Alem, Fikru Tesfaye, Mesfin Aray, Worku Bogale, Tomlinson Mark, Abdulahi, Abdulreshid, Abdulahi Abdulreshid, Medhin, Girmay, Zufan Lakew, Abdulreshid Abdulahi, Marcus Hughes, Lakew Zufan, Charlotte Hanlon, Bogale Worku, Worku, Bogale, Alem, Atalay,, Hughes Marcus, Martin Prince, Prince, Martin, Lakew, Zufan, Hanlon Charlotte, Aray, Mesfin, Dewey Michael, Michael Dewey, Alem Atalay, Tesfaye, Fikru, Patel Vikram, Dewey, Michael, Alem, Atalay, Aray Mesfin, Patel, Vikram, Hanlon, Charlotte, Tesfaye Fikru, Hughes, Marcus, Girmay Medhin, Medhin Girmay, Tomlinson, Mark   +39 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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