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Maternal fructose and/or salt intake and reproductive outcome in the rat: effects on growth, fertility, sex ratio, and birth order [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Maternal diet can significantly skew the secondary sex ratio away from the expected value of 0.5 (proportion males), but the details of how diet may do this are unclear.
Craigon, Jim   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Impact of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Fetal Growth and Nutritional Status in Newborns

open access: yesNutrients
Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the most prevalent complications associated with pregnancy, exhibiting a gradual rise in prevalence worldwide.
Karolina Karcz, Barbara Królak-Olejnik
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Genetic and Physiological Factors Affecting Human Milk Production and Composition

open access: yesNutrients, 2020
Human milk is considered the optimal nutrition for infants as it provides additional attributes other than nutritional support for the infant and contributes to the mother’s health as well.
Y. Golan, Y. Assaraf
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Maternal Protein Restriction Alters the Expression of Proteins Related to the Structure and Functioning of the Rat Offspring Epididymis in an Age-Dependent Manner

open access: yesFrontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022
Nutrition is an environmental factor able to activate physiological interactions between fetus and mother. Maternal protein restriction is able to alter sperm parameters associated with epididymal functions.
M. M. Cavariani   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nutrition, Epigenetics, and Diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Increasing epidemiological evidence suggests that maternal nutrition and environmental exposure early in development play an important role in susceptibility to disease in later life.
Jang, Hyeran, Serra, Carlo
core   +1 more source

Impacts of Maternal Nutrition on Sow Performance and Potential Positive Effects on Piglet Performance

open access: yesAnimals
Simple Summary Modern sows face increased nutritional challenges due to inadequate feeding programs causing excessive maternal tissue loss and reproductive failure. Rapid genetic improvements in reproductive performance should be nutritionally supported;
Alexa R Gormley   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Breastfeeding Contributes to Physiological Immune Programming in the Newborn

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
The first 1,000 days in the life of a human being are a vulnerable stage where early stimuli may program adverse health outcomes in future life. Proper maternal nutrition before and during pregnancy modulates the development of the fetus, a physiological
Alberto Camacho-Morales   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Inflammatory Response as a Mechanism of Perinatal Programming: Long-term Impact on Pulmonary and Renal Function? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
RATIONALE: Temporal changes in the fetal environment, such as malnutrition and placental insufficiency induce intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and lead to a permanent changes of physiological processes later in life.
Alejandre Alcázar, Miguel Angel
core  

Differences in dietary pattern by maternal age in the Born in Bradford cohort : A comparative analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Objective Explore associations between dietary patterns and maternal age Design Population based cohort study Setting Maternity department of a large hospital in northern England Sample Women delivering a singleton at Bradford Royal Infirmary between ...
Burley, Victoria   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Protective Microbiota: From Localized to Long-Reaching Co-Immunity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Resident microbiota do not just shape host immunity, they can also contribute to host protection against pathogens and infectious diseases. Previous reviews of the protective roles of the microbiota have focused exclusively on colonization resistance ...
Abt   +238 more
core   +3 more sources

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