BACKGROUND The high prevalence of children's asthma symptoms, worldwide, is unexplained. We examined the relation between maternal pre-pregnancy weight and body mass index (BMI), and asthma symptoms in adolescents. METHODS Data from 6945 adolescents born within the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 were used. Prospective antenatal and birth outcome data, including maternal pre-pregnancy weig...

Childhood obesity has been prioritised by the World Health Organization in a recent report, which calls for a holistic multiagency approach to tackling and reducing future risks of obesity and its associated co-morbidities. This article examines a health service approach to improving recognition and management of pre-school nutritional problems as part of training health care professionals. It ...

Several factors are involved in the etiology of metabolic syndrome, most important which insulin resistance, obesity (especially abdominal obesity), lipid abnormalities, impaired glucose tolerance, hypertension, pre-inflammatory status, genetic factors, unhealthy lifestyle, trend Rapid urbanization, nutritional inactivity, smoking and hookah smoking, social, economic cultural level education, p...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this nested cohort study was to compare the rate of pre-pregnancy supplementation in obese women with that of women with a normal BMI. METHODS Pregnant women were enrolled at their convenience in a large university hospital. Weight and height were measured in the first trimester and BMI categorised. RESULTS Of the 288 women, 35.1% were in the normal, 29.5% in the ov...

This brief presentation will offer a view of obesity and diabetes from a functional medicine approach. It will include the use of the Functional Medicine Matrix Model, the GO.TO.IT operating system, and the clinical timeline. Assessing pre-diabetes, diabetes, and obesity must include an evaluation of digestive function and nutritional status , the role of inflammation and insulin resistance, an...

Maternal obesity has a major impact on pregnancy outcomes. There is growing evidence that maternal obesity has a negative influence on placental development and function, thereby adversely influencing offspring programming and health outcomes. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these processes are poorly understood. We analysed ten term placenta's whole transcriptomes in obese (n = 5)...

The worldwide prevalence of obesity adults has increased dramatically in the past four decades. Obesity is also recognized as a risk factor for many other non-communicable diseases such cardiovascular disease, various types cancer, gallbladder diseases, respiratory problems and musculoskeletal disorders induces type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cardiovascular disease leading cause mortality morbidity d...

Low-grade inflammation is often present in people living with obesity. Inflammation can impact iron uptake and metabolism through elevation of hepcidin levels. Obesity a major public health issue globally, pregnant women affected by the condition. Maternal obesity associated increased pregnancy risks including deficiency (ID) iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA)—conditions already highly prevalent the...