Table of contents
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Maternal Diet, Health and the Fetus: General Considerations
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Maternal Undernutrition and Protein Restriction: Effects on Fetus
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Effects of Obesity, High Fat Diet and Junk Food on Fetal Outcomes
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Specific Dietary Components
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International Aspects and Policies
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Effects of Fetal Programming in Childhood and Adulthood
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Mechanisms of Programming
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Resources
About this book
Introduction
This volume offers the most comprehensive coverage on fetal programming. Chapters are written by authors of international and national standing, leaders in the field and trendsetters. The clinical relevance of the current research is emphasized in each chapter, which also contains key points, key words, and concise summaries for ease of learning. Fetal programming affects conditions in the immediate postnatal period, as well as in later life and adulthood. These conditions include cardiovascular disease, frank hypertension, stroke, dyslipidemia, coagulopathy, increased insulin resistance-metabolic syndrome, type-2 diabetes, leukemia, testicular cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, polycystic ovary syndrome, precocious puberty, impaired immune function, renal disease, lung disease, and osteoporosis. Neuropathologies, behavioral and mental deficiencies, schizophrenia, and depression have also been reported in adults who were exposed to nutritional inadequacies in utero.
Diet, Nutrition and Fetal Programming provides an overview on the effects of fetal programming on disease, and comprehensive looks at maternal nutrition factors and fetal programming effects on brain and behavior, and physiology and disease. It also provides an in depth look at specific nutrient restrictions and supplements on physiology and disease, the effects of maternal disease on fetal programming, mechanisms of programming, and a special section on the international aspects and policies on fetal programming.
Keywords
Fetal Development Fetal Programming Maternal Disease Maternal Malnutrition Prenatal Development Prenatal Nutrition
Editors and affiliations
Bibliographic information
- Book Title Diet, Nutrition, and Fetal Programming
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Editors
Rajkumar Rajendram
Victor R. Preedy
Vinood B. Patel
- Series Title Nutrition and Health
- Series Abbreviated Title Nutrition,Health
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60289-9
- Copyright Information Springer International Publishing AG 2017
- Publisher Name Humana Press, Cham
- eBook Packages Medicine Medicine (R0)
- Hardcover ISBN 978-3-319-60287-5
- Softcover ISBN 978-3-319-86826-4
- eBook ISBN 978-3-319-60289-9
- Edition Number 1
- Number of Pages XXXIX, 621
- Number of Illustrations 43 b/w illustrations, 111 illustrations in colour
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Topics
Clinical Nutrition
Medical Biochemistry
Maternal and Child Health
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Reviews
“Nutritionists, dietitians, public health scientists, medical physicians including obstetricians and pediatricians, epidemiologists, and policy makers will benefit from this book. Developmental origins researchers, both in the areas of basic and clinical sciences, also will find it useful. It serves as both an introductory review and a comprehensive book on the topic of fetal programming. …This book will provide developmental origins researchers with up-to-date information.” (Jami L. Josefson, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2018)