Nutrition in Pregnancy: Optimising Maternal Diet and Fetal Adaptations to Altered Nutrient Supply
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Janna L. Morrison 1,* and Timothy R. H. Regnault 2 1 Early Origins of Adult Health Research Group, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, Australia 2 The Susan Vitali-Lovell Laboratories for Studies in Fetal Programming of Human Health Risks, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Physiology and Pharmacology, Western University, London, ON N6A-5C1, Canada; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +618-8302-2166
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