Association between maternal nutritional status in pregnancy and offspring cognitive function during childhood and adolescence; a systematic review

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Veena, Sargoor R ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^b,c   Krishnaveni, Ghattu V ^a   Kehoe, Sarah H ^b   Srinivasan, Krishnamachari ^d   Fall, Caroline HD ^b  

^a CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Cognition; Maternal adiposity; Maternal micronutrients; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FAT; FOLIC ACID; IRON; PROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL OBESITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPLICATION; EATING; MALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84981306113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-1011-z     Document Type: Article

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