Maternal dietary intake during pregnancy has longstanding consequences for the health of her offspring

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 412-420

  Wood Bradley, Ryan James ^a   Henry, Sarah Louise ^a   Vrselja, Amanda ^a   Newman, Victoria ^a   Armitage, James Andrew ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Developmental programming of adult health and disease (DOHaD); Kidney development; Maternal diet in pregnancy; Micronutrient intake

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE GROWTH; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CHILD DEATH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FAT INTAKE; FETUS OUTCOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LACTATION; LIPID STORAGE; MACRONUTRIENT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL OBESITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEWBORN CARE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRONUTRIENTS; OVERNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84878861855     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2012-0352     Document Type: Article

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