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The Interplay between Maternal Nutrition and Stress during Pregnancy: Issues and Considerations
Author(s) -
Karen L. Lindsay,
Claudia Buß,
Pathik D. Wadhwa,
Sonja Entringer
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of nutrition and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.926
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1421-9697
pISSN - 0250-6807
DOI - 10.1159/000457136
Subject(s) - pregnancy , psychosocial , context (archaeology) , prenatal stress , medicine , observational study , intervention (counseling) , psychology , gestation , psychiatry , biology , paleontology , genetics
Several studies about humans and animals have separately examined the effects of prenatal nutrition and stress on fetal development, pregnancy, and birth outcomes, and subsequent child health and disease risk. Although substantial evidence from non-pregnant literature supports the presence of bidirectional interactions between nutrition and stress at various psychological, behavioral, and physiological levels, such interaction effects have not yet been systematically examined in the context of pregnancy.

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