Nutrition and pregnancy
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The importance of nutrition during pregnancy with regard to pregnancy outcome has long been acknowledged. This importance has only been further emphasized by the recent changes in food quality and availability, lifestyle changes, and a new understanding of fetal programming on adult outcomes. The impact of the recent obesity epidemic has had a profound effect on the field of medicine, and nowhere may that impact be more critical than the field of obstetrics. We are only beginning to understand how maternal obesity may impact not only immediate pregnancy outcomes, but also life and health course of the offspring. The financial and societal costs will likely be enormous. Much research is needed to understand how these problems can be ameliorated.
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Healthy diet before pregnancy, and mainly during pregnancy and lactation, has a major impact on the metabolic and overall health of the offspring.
“Healthy diet already before pregnancy, but mainly during pregnancy and lactation, has a major impact on the metabolic and overall health of the offspring [97,98,99].”
From Mediterranean Diet as an Antioxidant: The Impact on Metabolic Health and Overall Wellbeing (2021) · cites this paper as [99]
Maternal diet during pregnancy affects the rate of congenital malformations, like gastroschisis.
“Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that maternal diet during pregnancy also affects the rate of congenital malformations, like gastroschisis [99].”
From Mediterranean Diet as an Antioxidant: The Impact on Metabolic Health and Overall Wellbeing (2021) · cites this paper as [99]
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- Authors
- MEHTA, S. H.
- Affiliations
- Wayne State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- MEHTA, SHOBHA H.
- ORCID
- MEHTA, SHOBHA H.
- Venue
- Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Published
- 2008-06
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 409-418
- ISSN
- 0009-9201 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2047588479
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 0.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Keywords
- maternal nutrition, pregnancy outcomes, maternal obesity, fetal programming, offspring outcomes, lifestyle modification, obesity epidemic
- MeSH terms
- Female, Humans, Obesity, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Outcome, Weight Gain, Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
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