aim : in this retrospective survey women with and without self-reported postpartum depression (ppd) were compared in regards to consumption-frequency of foods and supplements rich in nutrients beneficial to nervous system (ns) health, in regards to consumption-frequency of compounds which may counteract the effect of the above and in regards to nutritional support provided to them during a preg...

Leptin has been proposed to act via NPY in the hypothalamus to modulate the effect of nutrition on sexual maturation. The objective was to evaluate the effect of oLeptin infusion and of high or low energy intake on the expression of neuropeptide Y (NPY), and 2 NPY receptors, NPY-Y1 and NPY-Y2. Thirty 6 prepubertal Nelore heifers, 18 to 20 mo-old, 275.8 ± 17.2kg BW and BCS of 5 ± 0.5 (1 to 9 sca...

Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), defined as impaired growth and development of the mammalian embryo/fetus or its organs during pregnancy, is a major concern in domestic animal production. Fetal growth restriction reduces neonatal survival, has a permanent stunting effect on postnatal growth and the efficiency of feed/forage utilization in offspring, negatively affects whole body composit...

Nutrition is the major intrauterine environmental factor that alters expression of the fetal genome and may have lifelong consequences. This phenomenon, termed “fetal programming,” has led to the recent theory of “fetal origins of adult disease.” Namely, alterations in fetal nutrition and endocrine status may result in developmental adaptations that permanently change the structure, physiology,...

Fish account for 20% of the global population’s animal protein intake [...]

Abstract Maternal over-nutrition increases the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular events in offspring. While prominent effects on health are observed, impact platelet physiology has not been studied. Here, we examined whether maternal high-fat diet (HF) ingestion affects function lean obese C57BL6/N mice dams were given a HF or control (C) for 8 weeks before during pregnancy. Male female offsp...

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 97 NUTRIENT TRANSPORT BY PLACENTA .................................................... 99 Maternal Blood Flow and the Transport of Gases and Water ............................ 99 Glucose ............................................................................................. 100 Amino Acids ....

OBJECTIVE Maternal nutrition knowledge has frequently been identified as an important target for nutrition promotion interventions. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether maternal nutrition knowledge is more strongly associated with the mother's own diet or that of her child. DESIGN Cross-sectional multivariate linear regression with interactions analyses of survey data. SE...

background: neural tube defects (ntds) including spina bifida and anencephaly are the second most common birth defects with 2.8 per 1000 births in northern iran. objectives: this study was conducted to determine the risk factors of neural tube defects in gorgan, north of iran. patients and methods: this hospital-based, case-control study was carried out on all ntd-affected pregnancies (n = 59) ...