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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Пищевое поведение и ожирение женщин: эстрогены и анорексигенный эффект эстрадиола
А. В. Якимова,И. О. Маринкин +1 more
TL;DR: There is every reason to believe that further clinical, women-focused studies that provide a better understanding of the intracellular signaling pathwaysresponsible for the estrogenic control of food intake will provide new insights into the mechanisms responsible for the greater prevalence of obesity and eating disorders in women.
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Obesity in Pregnancy
TL;DR: The development of obesity in an individual patient may be dependent on a complex interaction of genetics, epigenetics, diet, physical activity, culture, and environment, among many other factors.
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Obesity and Pregnancy
TL;DR: The evidence-base on maternal obesity and gestational weight gain is reviewed, including definitions, population trends, inequalities, guidelines, and the potential mechanisms for adverse outcomes of pregnancy are reviewed.
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Maternal obesity and acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk in offspring: A summary of trends, epidemiological evidence, and possible biological mechanisms
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors proposed possible mechanisms connecting maternal obesity to ALL risk in offspring, including changes to fetal/neonatal epigenetics, altered insulin-like growth factor profiles and insulin resistance, modified adipokine production and secretion, changes to immune cell populations, and impacts on birthweight and childhood obesity/adiposity.
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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.