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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Intervention during the first 1000 days in Mexico
Guadalupe Estrada-Gutierrez,Elena Zambrano,Ernestina Polo-Oteyza,Arturo Cardona-Pérez,Felipe Vadillo-Ortega +4 more
TL;DR: An ongoing program in Mexico City directed to offer continuum of care during the first 1000 days is described, showing evidence that interventions during this period result in promotion of children's growth and development, influencing the risk for development of obesity in infancy.
Effect of maternal obesity with and without gestational diabetes on placental gene expression and early childhood obesity
TL;DR: Considering the role of the placenta in fetal programming, differentially regulated mRNA and protein expression levels were determined in the Insulin and Wnt signaling pathways of the GESA placentas and evaluated in relation to offspring early obesity risk.
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The impact of maternal adiposity specialization on infant birthweight: upper versus lower body fat.
Alexandra C. Sundermann,Alexandra C. Sundermann,Troy D. Abell,Troy D. Abell,Lisa C. Baker,Lisa C. Baker,Mark B. Mengel,Mark B. Mengel,Kathryn Reilly,Michael A. Bonow,Michael A. Bonow,Gregory E. Hoy,Richard D. Clover,Richard D. Clover +13 more
TL;DR: Upper-body adiposity - whether operationalized by subscapular skin-fold or circumference of the forearm - was a markedly larger determinant of infant birth weight than lower- body adiposity.
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Association of alcohol and other substance-related diagnoses with severe maternal morbidity.
Natasia S. Courchesne,Laramie R. Smith,María Luisa Zúñiga,Christina D. Chambers,Mark B. Reed,Jerasimos Ballas,Carla Marienfeld +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the most common indicators in women with a substance-related diagnosis included hysterectomy (17.7%), eclampsia (15.8%), air and thrombotic embolism (11.1%), and conversion of cardiac rhythm (1.1%).
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Associations Between Maternal Obesity and Race, with Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
TL;DR: It is concluded that obese women, including those with BMI ≥ 50 kg/m2, have lower OASI prevalence, and race is also a significant factor, with Asians almost double the prevalence of NHOPIs.
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