TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of maternal obesity on fetal health
AU - Tenenbaum-Gavish, Kinneret
AU - Hod, Moshe
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - The obesity epidemic is a problem of global importance with a profound impact on maternal-fetal health. Maternal overweight and obesity causes pregnancy complications such as gestational diabetes, hypertension and preeclampsia and affects fetal growth. Maternal obesity offers an altered genetic, hormonal and biochemical environment for the developing fetus/embryo and influences fetal growth and organ development. Offspring of obese mothers are subject to an increased risk of fetal demise, congenital anomalies and disrupted growth patterns, causing an increase in perinatal mortality. The impact of maternal obesity extends beyond intrauterine and neonatal life to childhood, adolescence and adulthood.
AB - The obesity epidemic is a problem of global importance with a profound impact on maternal-fetal health. Maternal overweight and obesity causes pregnancy complications such as gestational diabetes, hypertension and preeclampsia and affects fetal growth. Maternal obesity offers an altered genetic, hormonal and biochemical environment for the developing fetus/embryo and influences fetal growth and organ development. Offspring of obese mothers are subject to an increased risk of fetal demise, congenital anomalies and disrupted growth patterns, causing an increase in perinatal mortality. The impact of maternal obesity extends beyond intrauterine and neonatal life to childhood, adolescence and adulthood.
KW - Childhood obesity
KW - Congenital anomalies
KW - Fetal programming
KW - Macrosomia
KW - Obesity
KW - Pregnancy complications
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84880571038&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1159/000350170
DO - 10.1159/000350170
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AN - SCOPUS:84880571038
SN - 1015-3837
VL - 34
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
JF - Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
IS - 1
ER -
