..., vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts and seeds, legumes, and vegetable oils. Additionally, maternal weight status, in particular a high BMI (≥30) prior to conception itself, is strongly associated with many adverse birth outcomes. Current gestational weight gain guidelines are dependent on a woman’s...

... Abstract Worldwide, 38% of women are now overweight (BMI 25-30) or obese (BMI ≥30). There is increasing evidence that maternal obesity can result in unfavorable (epigenetic) pre- and postnatal programming of important genes of the offspring. Infants of overweight mothers show faster weight gain...

... with earlier onset of puberty in girls and is associated with faster childhood weight gain as well as greater BMI in adult women [ 87 ]. These findings suggest that Lin28B could serve as a mediator of environmental effects on the onset of puberty [ 7 ]. Many genetic loci for age at menarche have been...

... for the development of effective strategies and therapeutics aimed at preventing and reducing obesity and other states of disordered eating. Much insight into the control of eating, mainly homeostatic, has been gained from mechanistic studies in rodents [ 2 ]. Deciphering food-related reward processes...

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