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Maternal obesity / [edited by] Matthew W. Gillman, Lucilla Poston.
| Other author | Gillman, Matthew W. |
| Other author | Poston, Lucilla. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, |
| Description | xi, 252 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Demography of obesity / Maria Regina Torloni, Ana Pilar Betrán, and Mario Merialdi -- Determinants of obesity / Cuilin Zhang and Frank B. Hu -- Obesity and fertility / Jorge E. Chavarro and Thomas L. Toth -- Maternal outcomes in obese pregnancies / Eugene Oteng-Ntim and Pat Doyle -- Potential mechanisms contributing to gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia in the obese woman / Naveed Sattar and Dilys J. Freeman -- Fetal and infant outcomes in obese pregnancies / Ruth Bell, Peter W.G. Tennant, and Judith Rankin -- Obesity in pregnancy and mental health / Louise M. Howard and Helen Croker -- Long-term consequences of obesity in pregnancy for the mother / Andrea Deierlein and Anna Maria Siega-Riz -- Long-term consequences of maternal obesity and gestational weight gain for offspring obesity and cardiovascular risk : intrauterine or shared familial mechanisms / Abigail Fraser and Debbie A. Lawlor -- Influences of maternal obesity on the health of the offspring : a review of animal models / Lucilla Poston, Paul D. Taylor, and Peter Nathanielsz -- |
| Contents | Developmental origins of obesity : energy-balance pathways - appetite : the role of developmental plasticity of the hypothalamus / Sebastien G. Bouret -- Adipose tissue development and its potential contribution to later obesity / Shalini Ojha, Helen Budge, and Michael E. Symonds -- Maternal diet and nutritional status and risk of obesity in the child : the role of epigenetic mechanisms / Melissa A. Suter and Kjersti Aagaard-Tillery -- Intervention strategies to improve outcome in obese pregnancies : focus on gestational weight gain / Emily Oken and Matthew W. Gillman -- Intervention strategies to improve outcome in obese pregnancies : insulin resistance and gestational diabetes / Scott M. Nelson and Lucilla Poston -- Intervention strategies to improve outcome in obese pregnancies : micronutrients and dietary supplements / Lisa M. Bodnar and Meredith S. Parrott -- Pre-pregnancy bariatric surgery : improved fertility and pregnancy outcome / Roland G. Devlieger and Isabelle Guelinck -- Clinical management of obesity in pregnancy / Carolyn Chiswick and Fiona C. Denison -- Public health policies relating to obesity in childbearing women / Kathleen M. Rasmussen. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012011809 |
| ISBN | 9781107003965 (hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |