Maternal obesity / edited by Matthew W. Gillman, Lucilla Poston.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gillman, Matthew W.

Poston, Lucilla

ebrary, Inc.

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obesity.

Pregnancy--Complications.

Pregnancy.

Pregnancy Complications.

Medical Subjects:

Obesity.

Pregnancy Complications.

Pregnancy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 252 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates) : illustrations

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

System Details:

text file

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

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Maternal obesity.

ISBN:

9781139525763

113952576X

Publisher Number:

99950092422

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.