Maternal birthweight and diet in pregnancy in relation to the infant’s thinness at birth

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 663-667

  Godfrey, K M ^a   Barker, D J P ^a   Robinson, S ^a   Osmond, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BONE GROWTH; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; THINNESS;

EID: 0030947673     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11975.x     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Widdowson EM, Crabb DE, Milner RDG. Cellular development of some human organs before birth. Arch Dis Child 1972; 47: 652–655.
2. Law CM, Gordon GS, Shiell AW, Barker DJP, Hales CN. Thinness at birth and glucose tolerance in seven-year-old children. Diabetic Medicine 1995; 12: 24–29.
3. Barker DJP, Hales CN, Fall CHD, Osmond C, Phipps K, Clark PMS. Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia (Syndrome X): Relation to reduced fetal growth. Diabetologia 1993; 36: 62–67.
4. Phillips DIW, Barker DJP, Hales CN, Hirst S, Osmond C. Thinness at birth and insulin resistance in adult life. Diabetologia 1994; 37: 150–154.
5. Lithell HO, McKeigue PM, Berglund L, Mohsen R, Lithell U-B, Leon DA. Relation of size at birth to non-insulin-dependent diabetes and insulin concentrations in men aged 50–60 years. BMJ 1996; 312: 406–410.
6. Barker DJP, Godfrey KM, Bull AR, Osmond C. The relation of fetal length, ponderal index and head circumference to blood pressure and the risk of hypertension in adult life. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 1992; 6:35–44.
7. Barker DJP, Osmond C, Simmonds SJ, Wield GA. The relation of head size and thinness at birth to death from cardiovascular disease in adult life. BMJ 1993; 306: 422–426.
8. Barker DJP. Fetal origins of coronary heart disease. BMJ 1995; 311: 171–174.
9. McCance RA, Widdowson EM. The determinants of growth and form. Proc R Soc Land [Biol] 1974; 185: 1–17.
10. Gluckman PD, Breier BH, Oliver M, Harding JE, Bassett NS. Fetal growth in late gestation: A constrained pattern of growth. Acta Paediatr Scan Suppl 1990; 367: 105–110.
11. Morton NE. The inheritance of human birth weight. Ann Hum Genet 1955; 20: 123–124.
12. Brooks AA, Johnson MR, Steer PJ, Pawson ME, Abdalla HI. Birthweight: Nature or nurture Early Human Devel 1995; 42: 29–35.
13. Miller HC, Hassanein K. Fetal malnutrition in white new-born infants: Maternal factors. Paediatrics 1973; 52: 504–512.
14. Naeye RL, Blanc W, Paul C. Effects of maternal nutrition on the human fetus. Paediatrics 1973; 52: 494–503.
15. Stein Z, Susser M, Saenger G, Marolla F. Famine and Human Development: The Dutch Hunger Winter of 1944-1945. New York : Oxford University Press, 1975: 119–148.
16. Godfrey K., Robinson S, Barker D, Osmond C, Cox V. Maternal nutrition in early and late pregnancy in relation to placental and fetal growth. BMJ 1996; 312: 410–414.
17. Howe DT, Wheeler T, Osmond C. The influence of maternal haemoglobin and ferritin on mid-pregnancy placental volume. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1995; 102: 213–219.
18. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Classification of Occupations. London : Hmso, 1980.
19. Botting B, Cooper J. Analysing fertility and infant mortality by mother's social class as defined by occupation—Part II. Population Trends 1993; 74: 27–33.
20. Robinson S, Godfrey KM, Osmond C, Cox V, Barker DJP. Evaluation of a food frequency questionnaire used to assess nutrient intakes in pregnant women. Eur J Clin Nutr 1996; 15: 302–308.
21. McKeigue P. Trans fatty acids and coronary heart disease: Weighing the evidence against hardened fat. Lancet 1995; 345: 269–270.
22. Mellor DJ. Nutritional and placental determinants of fetal growth rate in sheep and consequences for the new-born lamb. Br Vet J 1983; 139: 307.
23. Robinson JS, Owens JA, De Barro T, Lok F, Chidzanja S. Maternal nutrition and fetal growth. In: Ward RHT, Smith SK, Donnai D, editors. Early Fetal Growth and Development. London : Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1994: 317–334.
24. Robinson J, Chidzanja S, Kind K, Lok F, Owens P, Owens J. Placental control of fetal growth. Reprod Fertil Dev 1995; 7: 333–344.
25. Emanuel I, Filakti H, Alberman E, Evans SJW. Intergenerational studies of human birthweight from the 1958 birth cohort. 1. Evidence for a multigenerational effect. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1992; 99: 67–74.
26. Klebanoff MA, Meirik O, Berendes HW. Second generation consequences of small-for-dates birth. Pediatrics 1989; 84: 343–347.
27. Khoury MK, Berg CJ, Calle EE. The ponderal index in term newborn siblings. Am J Epidemiol 1990; 132: 576–583.
28. Divon MY, Chamberlain PF, Sipos L, Mannind FA, Platt LD. Identification of the small for gestational age fetus with the use of gestational age-independent indices of fetal growth. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1986; 155: 1197–1201.
29. Mellanby E. Nutrition and child-bearing. Lancet 1933; 2: 1131–1137.