Nutritional approaches to breaking the intergenerational cycle of obesity

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 421-428

  Muhlhausler, Beverly S ^a,b   Gugusheff, Jessica R ^a,b   Ong, Zhi Yi ^a,b   Vithayathil, Mini A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fetal programming; Intervention; Maternal nutrition; Maternal obesity; Micronutrients; Obesity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

APPETITE; BODY MASS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY BALANCE; EPIDEMIC; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FETUS GROWTH; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID DIET; LIPID STORAGE; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL OBESITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OVERNUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SUGAR INTAKE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRONUTRIENTS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84878842039     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2012-0353     Document Type: Review

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