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The uncomfortable science in the womb: How biological experience disrupts surrogacy narratives

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The discourse surrounding surrogacy portrays pregnancy as a temporary process, depicting surrogates as neutral “carriers” whose involvement concludes at birth. This narrative minimizes gestation's biological significance despite evidence of its lasting effects on both women and children.
Orit Chorowicz Bar‐Am   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Deterministic Fetal Programming: Intrauterine Exposures and the Multifactorial Origins of Adiposity

open access: yesObesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Excess adiposity is not a recently developed problem but has existed since at least the upper Paleolithic, allowing evolutionary selection pressures to adapt the physiology of the pregnant woman and the feto‐placental unit for maternal and fetal protection.
Gernot Desoye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal Overnutrition in Pregnancy Predicts Greater Body Mass Index Gains in Offspring by Early Midlife: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesObesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Maternal overnutrition during pregnancy predisposes children to increased adiposity later in life. This systematic review and meta‐analysis examined how this association persists into adulthood and whether it differs by sex. MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, and CENTRAL were searched for human studies published in English before May 2025.
Szimonetta Eitmann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Association Between Foetal Brain and Body Size Mid‐Gestation and Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Childhood

open access: yesPaediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Smallness for gestational age and reduced head circumference at birth are consistently associated with later neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD), but it is unclear whether similar associations are present at foetal biometry in mid‐gestation. Objectives To investigate associations between second‐trimester foetal biometric measurements
Mads Langager Larsen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Choice of Growth Standard and Interpretation of Large for Gestational Age Outcomes: Evidence From the CDC4G Trial

open access: yesPaediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The lack of a standardised definition of large for gestational age (LGA) complicates clinical assessments and the interpretation of research. Objective The objective of this study is to assess how different definitions of LGA affect the interpretation of outcomes in a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial (SW‐CRT ...
Sara Grass   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Offspring's School Grades by Maternal Education

open access: yesPaediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children conceived through assisted reproductive technologies (ART) often achieve higher school grades than spontaneously conceived peers in unadjusted analyses, a pattern largely attributed to the socio‐economic advantage of parents who use ART.
Alice Goisis, Øystein Kravdal
wiley   +1 more source

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