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FAB WEBINAR - How Food Affects Your Brain: The Role of Nutrition and Diet in the Mental Health Crisis
Lower birth weight, more weight gain seen with in utero COVID-19 exposure
Improved health during pregnancy - for mothers and their babies - linked with taxing sugary drinks
Excess calories during development may alter the brain and spur adult overeating
Offspring obesity: review stresses “urgent need” to address maternal vitamin D deficiencies
Pregnant women with obesity and diabetes may be more likely to have a child with ADHD
Artificial Sweeteners during pregnancy may affect baby's microbiome and increase obesity risk
Higher maternal prenatal BMI may harm child cognition
Fatty liver more common in children of mothers with obesity
How the gut microbiota develops in the first five years of life
Diet and lifestyle during pregnancy linked to modifications in infants' DNA
Influence of vitamin D supplementation on a baby's gut microbiome
Maternal obesity may be related to risk for ADHD in children
Maternal obesity linked to ADHD and behavioral problems in children, study suggests
30 January 2019 - MedicalXpress - Low-calorie sweeteners do not mean low risk for infants
Moms' obesity in pregnancy is linked to lag in sons' development and IQ
12 November 2019 - MedicalXpress - Vitamin B12 deficiency linked to obesity during pregnancy
3 October 2019 - MedicalXpress - High lead levels during pregnancy linked to child obesity, study suggests
26 August 2019 - Science Daily - From cradle to grave: Postnatal overnutrition linked to aging
1 May 2019 - MedicalXpress - Hospital study shows in just a decade, proportion of pregnant women with obesity has doubled
Systematic review shows child overweight or obesity risk is more than trebled by maternal obesity prior to pregnancy
10 April 2019 - MedicalXpress - Breast milk analyses show new opportunities for reducing risk of childhood obesity
22 February 2019 - MedicalXpress - Clinical trial: Prenatal DHA prevents blood-pressure increase from obesity during childhood
10 October 2018 - MedicalXpress - The ideal weight makes for a healthier pregnancy
Babies of overweight mothers may risk developing self-regulation problems
1 October 2018 - The Scientist - Maternal Obesity and Diabetes Linked to Autism in Children
18 September 2018 - BBC - Pregnancy weight gain 'going unmeasured'
9 August 2018 - MD Edge - Maternal obesity plus diabetes lead to psychiatric disorders in offspring
19 July 2018 - MedicalXpress - How maternal diet could change the infant gut microbiome
9 July 2018 - MedicalXpress - To reduce your risk of obesity, it helps to have a mom who follows five healthy habits
6 July 2018 - Cardiovascular Business - Mother’s lifestyle influences child’s obesity risk
5 June 2018 - MedicalXpress - 1 in 3 women experience 'loss of control' eating in pregnancy
4 June 2018 - The Conversation - Mothers who eat oily fish could boost their child’s gut health – but only if it’s a boy
17 April 2018 - MedicalXpress - Parental diet before conception affects child's health
4 April 2018 - Nutraingredients - Omega-3 for fat-free kids: Study links DHA to higher fat-free body mass in children
21 March 2018 - Science Daily - Researchers link dietary supplement DHA to higher fat-free body mass in children
19 March 2018 - MedicalXpress - Study finds association between mother's larger waist size, child's autism risk
Could fish oil in pregnancy prevent weight-related health issues in children?
13 February 2018 - MedicalXpress - Pregnant women deficient in vitamin D may give birth to obese children
8 February 2018 - Psychiatric Times - Preventing ADHD in Pregnancy?
31 January 2018 - MedicalXpress - Prenatal famine drives DNA methylation and adult health six decades later
Nutrients in child's first 1,000 days key for neurodevelopment
17 January 2018 - Nutraingredients - Probiotics in pregnancy could protect against against childhood obesity
Children born to obese, overweight mothers may be at higher risk for neurodevelopmental problems, study finds
28 November 2017 - What Is Epigenetics - Could the Mediterranean Diet During Pregnancy Epigenetically Reduce a Child’s Disease Risk?
What babies eat – before and just after birth – can impact them for life, says new book
28 August 2017 - Science Daily - Early weight gain in pregnancy correlates with childhood obesity, first study of its size shows
3 August 2017 - Nutraingredients - The case of the vanishing microbiota: Gut bugs powerless to halt disease rampage
13 July 2017 - Science Daily - Maternal obesity during pregnancy may be linked to behavioral problems in boys
15 June 2017 - MedicalXpress - Mother's obesity boosts risk for major birth defects: study

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