Maternal dietary glycaemic load during pregnancy and gestational weight gain, birth weight and postpartum weight retention: A study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1471-1478

  Knudsen, Vibeke K ^a,b   Heitmann, Berit L ^c   Halldorsson, Thorhallur I ^a,d   Sorensen, Thorkild I A ^c   Olsen, Sjurdur F ^a,e  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Maternal dietary glycaemic load; Postpartum weight retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BONE MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84876265456     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512003443     Document Type: Article

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