Is obesity still increasing among pregnant women? Prepregnancy obesity trends in 20 states, 2003-2009.
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Overall, prepregnancy obesity prevalence continues to increase and varies by race-ethnicity and maternal age and the need to address obesity as a key component of preconception care, particularly among high-risk groups is highlighted.About:
This article is published in Preventive Medicine.The article was published on 2013-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 236 citations till now.read more
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Sex-specific effects of maternal and postweaning high-fat diet on skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiration.
TL;DR: It is suggested that maternal lard-based HF diet, rich in saturated fat, affects offspring skeletal muscle respiration in a sex-dependent manner, and these differences are exacerbated by HF diet in adulthood.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Abdominal Binders for the Management of Postoperative Pain and Distress After Cesarean Delivery
TL;DR: To determine whether abdominal binders effectively control pain and distress after cesarean delivery, a large number of patients treated with these binders underwent vaginal or laparoscopic mesh placement.
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An examination of maternal prenatal BMI and human fetal brain development
Megan Norr,Jasmine L. Hect,Carly Lenniger,Martijn P. van den Heuvel,Martijn P. van den Heuvel,Moriah E. Thomason +5 more
TL;DR: A model in which maternal BMI-related risk is associated with fetal connectome-level brain organization with implications for offspring long-term cognitive development and mental health is supported.
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Factors Affecting the Composition of Expressed Fresh Human Milk.
TL;DR: In the absence of breastfeeding, expressed breast milk is the best way to provide nutrition and many factors such as maternal diet and medications affect the constituents of breast milk.
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The Hadlock Method Is Superior to Newer Methods for the Prediction of the Birth Weight Percentile.
Nathan R. Blue,Mariam Savabi,Meghan E. Beddow,Vivek R. Katukuri,Cody M. Fritts,Luis A. Izquierdo,Conrad R. Chao +6 more
TL;DR: A traditional ultrasound (US) method for estimated fetal weight (EFW) calculation and fetal growth restriction diagnosis with 2 newer methods for the prediction of small for gestational age (SGA) at birth are compared.
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TL;DR: The increases in the prevalence of obesity previously observed do not appear to be continuing at the same rate over the past 10 years, particularly for women and possibly for men.
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Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in Body Mass Index Among US Children and Adolescents, 1999-2010
TL;DR: The most recent estimates of obesity prevalence in US children and adolescents for 2009-2010 are presented and trend analyses over a 12-year period indicated a significant increase in obesity prevalence between 1999-2000 and 2009- 2010 in males aged 2 through 19 years but not in females.
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The Obesity Epidemic in the United States—Gender, Age, Socioeconomic, Racial/Ethnic, and Geographic Characteristics: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis
Youfa Wang,May A. Beydoun +1 more
TL;DR: Obesity has increased at an alarming rate in the United States over the past three decades and the associations of obesity with gender, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status are complex and dynamic.