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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Maternal obesity and offspring cognition: the role of inflammation.
TL;DR: Maternal inflammation may modestly mediate the association between maternal obesity and offspring visual motor abilities and PpBMI was not associated with other cognitive outcomes.
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Maternal obesity, caesarean delivery and caesarean delivery on maternal request: a cohort analysis from China.
TL;DR: In a large Chinese cohort study, maternal obesity was associated with an increased risk of caesarean delivery and its subtypes, including CDMR, unless there are changes in obstetrical practice.
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Associations between body mass index and maternal weight gain on the delivery of LGA infants in Chinese women with gestational diabetes mellitus
TL;DR: The incidence of delivery of LGA infants in Chinese women with GDM who were overweight or obese is higher than Caucasians, Hispanic, and Asian-Americans and the effects of maternal BMI and weight gain on the delivery of large for gestational age (LGA) infants are additive.
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Docosahexaenoic Acid Supplementation in Pregnancy Modulates Placental Cellular Signaling and Nutrient Transport Capacity in Obese Women
Susanne Lager,Vanessa I. Ramirez,Ometeotl M. Acosta,Christiane L Meireles,Evelyn Miller,Francesca Gaccioli,Fredrick J. Rosario,Jonathan Gelfond,Kevin Hakala,Susan T. Weintraub,Debra A. Krummel,Theresa L. Powell +11 more
TL;DR: Maternal DHA supplementation in pregnancy decreases placental inflammation and differentially modulates placental nutrient transport capacity and may mitigate adverse effects of maternal obesity on placental function.
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Interrupting Intergenerational Cycles of Maternal Obesity.
TL;DR: If effective interventions started before or during pregnancy can be maintained after birth, they have the potential to lower the risk of both maternal Obesity in the next pregnancy and obesity in the growing child, thus helping to interrupt maternal and child intergenerational vicious cycles of obesity, diabetes and related cardiometabolic health consequences.
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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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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.