Dietary balance during pregnancy is associated with fetal adiposity and fat distribution

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1032-1041

  Blumfield, Michelle L ^a,c   Hure, Alexis J ^b,c   MacDonald Wicks, Lesley K ^a   Smith, Roger ^b,c   Simpson, Stephen J ^d   Giles, Warwick B ^e   Raubenheimer, David ^f   Collins, Clare E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; STARCH;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CALCULATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FETAL ADIPOSITY; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MACRONUTRIENT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN INTAKE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BODY COMPOSITION; COHORT STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84867749072     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.033241     Document Type: Article

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