Folate status in women of childbearing age with obesity: A review

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 265-271

  Maffoni, Silvia ^a   De Giuseppe, Rachele ^a   Stanford, Fatima Cody ^b   Cena, Hellas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Childbearing age; Folate status; Women with obesity

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FORTIFIED FOOD; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MORBID OBESITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; ADULT; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85020263811     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422417000142     Document Type: Article

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