A Study of the Extent to which Maternal Nutrition after Delivery Reflects the Situation in Early Pregnancy. I. LECK, CYNTHIA A. ILES, I. M. SHARMAN, T. TOE, and G. R. WADSWORTH (Department of Community Medicine, University of Manchester; Medical Unit, University College Hospital Medical School; Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, M R C, and University of Cambridge; and Department ofHuman Nutrition, Lo...

This study investigated the effects of maternal undernutrition during late pregnancy on lamb birth weight. 45 Mongolian ewes, synchronized for oestrus and then mated, were divided into four groups and offered 0.86 MJME/kgwd (control group; CG : ad libitum access to feed), 0.44 MJME/kgwd (Restricted Group 3; R3), 0.33 MJME/kgwd (Restricted Group 2; R2) and 0.20 MJME/kgw d (Restricted Group 1; R1...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relations of maternal diet and smoking during pregnancy to placental and birth weights at term. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING District general hospital in the south of England. PARTICIPANTS 693 pregnant nulliparous white women with singleton pregnancies who were selected from antenatal booking clinics with stratified random sampling. MAIN OUTCOME ...

Given the detrimental influence of maternal overweight and obesity on reproductive and pregnancy outcomes for the mother and child, it is the position of the American Dietetic Association and the American Society for Nutrition that all overweight and obese women of reproductive age should receive counseling on the roles of diet and physical activity in reproductive health prior to pregnancy,dur...

Pregnancy is a critical stage of development during which maternal nutrition can strongly influence obstetric and neonatal outcomes (Godfrey et al., 1996; Kramer, 2003). Optimal nutrition is necessary to maintain the health of the mother, to help ensure a normal, healthy delivery, and also to reduce the risk of birth defects, sub-optimal foetal development and chronic health problems in childho...

A myriad of factors can influence fertility (and the lack there of), which can for instance be impaired by environmental elements, including exposure to toxic substances, but also the maternal and paternal age at the time of conception, the parents’ smoking habits and alcohol intake or genetic defects. The present publication will however focus on the role of nutrition in fertility, more specif...

For many years, fruit and vegetables have been thought to be protective against various forms of adult cancers and, more recently, a number of studies have investigated specific micronutrients, particularly those taken in their supplemental form. A similar trend has been seen in research into the aetiology of childhood cancers, about which little is known despite decades of research. There has ...

INTRODUCTION Hypertension is the most common medical problem affecting pregnant women during pregnancy contributing to one third of substantial maternal mortality and varieties of fetal and neonatal health problems, while representing health status of a society. This study aimed to investigate the links between a healthy life style and developing hypertension during pregnancy in order to improv...