Pregnancy and Lifestyle: Short- and Long-Term Effects on Mother's and Her Children's Health | Zendy

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Pregnancy and Lifestyle: Short- and Long-Term Effects on Mother's and Her Children's Health

Author(s) -

Riitta Luoto,

Michelle F. Mottola,

Leena HilakiviClarke

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of pregnancy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828

H-Index - 32

eISSN - 2090-2735

pISSN - 2090-2727

DOI - 10.1155/2013/537526

Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , offspring , obesity , epigenetics , diabetes mellitus , breast cancer , cancer , obstetrics , endocrinology , genetics , gene , biology

Pregnancy and the foetal environment can have a profound influence on many chronic diseases, such as diabetes obesity, breast cancer, and cardiovascular diseases in both the mother and her offspring. Much of the influence of the intrauterine milieu is transmitted to the next generation through epigenetic mechanisms. However, the specific pathways affected through these mechanisms by lifestyle during pregnancy are largely unknown and deserve further study.

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