Maternal obesity grades 2 and 3 is associated with hospital admissions for infection throughout childhood, according to a ...

Children born to mothers who are very obese with a BMI of 35 or higher are at heightened risk of being admitted to hospital ...

It supports milk production and stimulates caregiving behavior in mothers. Now a University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka ...

The risk of fetal congenital heart defect (CHD) gradually increased with increasing pre-pregnancy maternal body mass index (BMI), in a study that used 10-year registry data of all live births ...

Higher maternal body fat mass, on the other hand, has an adverse effect on the child's motor development. Lifestyle choices during pregnancy have far-reaching effects on the child's neurodevelopment.

Study: Maternal diet quality and associations with body composition and diet quality of preschool children: A longitudinal study. Image Credit: Africa Studio/Shutterstock Mothers have a crucial ...

Microchimerism-inspired therapies could help ease the burdens of high-risk pregnancies, Boddy told me, many of which seem to be fueled by the maternal body mounting an inappropriately aggressive ...

Characteristics of the study cohort are shown in Table 2. The study cohort was predominately Hispanic (52.1%), with 26.9% white, and 18.7% black. Most women were between the ages of 20 and 34 ...

When I was pregnant, strangers touched my stomach and lectured me on my purchases at the grocery store, so I was familiar with public expressions of ownership over my maternal body. A mother’s ...