Pregnancy diet and associated outcomes in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 154-174

  Emmett, Pauline M ^a   Jones, Louise R ^a   Golding, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Childhood diet; Diet during pregnancy; FFQ; Fish; Folate; Iodine; Iron; Magnesium; Mercury; N 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; Neurocognitive development; Potassium

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY MASS; BRAIN CELL; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; ECZEMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; FISH MEAT; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; IRON INTAKE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAGNESIUM INTAKE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL SMOKING; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PORTION SIZE; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGENY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETABLE; ADULT; ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPLICATION; DIET; ENGLAND; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FISH; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEA FOOD;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; ENGLAND; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FISHES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICRONUTRIENTS; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEAFOOD; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84947800658     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuv053     Document Type: Article

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