The Mediterranean diet and fetal size parameters: The Generation R Study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1399-1409

  Timmermans, Sarah ^a   Steegers Theunissen, Régine P ^a   Vujkovic, Marijana ^a   Den Breeijen, Hanneke ^a   Russcher, Henk ^a   Lindemans, Jan ^a   MacKenbach, Johan ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Lesaffre, Emmanuel E ^a,b   Jaddoe, Vincent V ^a   Steegers, Eric A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Dietary patterns; Folate; Placenta

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PASTA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; POTATO; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICE; SMOKING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FOLIC ACID; FOOD HABITS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NETHERLANDS; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84867712931     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711451100691X     Document Type: Article

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