Dietary effects on fertility treatment and pregnancy outcomes

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 465-469

  Lim, Siew S ^a,b   Noakes, Manny ^b   Norman, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertility; In vitro fertilization; Nutrition; Obesity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DIET; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TRACE ELEMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35848969312     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e3282f1cfc6     Document Type: Article

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