Parental Obesity: Intergenerational Programming and Consequences

1. Why Obesity in Parents Matters
Mark Hanson

2. Maternal Obesity During Pregnancy and Cardiometabolic Development in the Offspring
Romy Gaillard, Vincent W. Jaddoe

3. Maternal Obesity and Gestational Weight Gain as Determinants of Long-Term Health
Nashita Patel, Lucilla Poston

4. Young Maternal Age, Body Composition and Gestational Intake Impact Pregnancy Outcome: Translational Perspectives
Jacqueline Wallace

5. Maternal Obesity and Programming of the Early Embryo
J. J. Eckert, M. A. Velazquez, T. P. Fleming

6. Paternal Obesity and Programming of Offspring Health
Tod Fullston, Helana S. Shehadeh, John E. Schjenken, Nicole O. McPherson, Sarah A. Robertson, Deirdre Zander-Fox, Michelle Lane

7. The Impact of Maternal Obesity and Weight Loss During the Periconceptional Period on Offspring Metabolism
L. M. Nicholas, I. C. McMillen

8. Mechanisms Linking Maternal Obesity to Offspring Metabolic Health
Laura Dearden, Susan E. Ozanne

9. The Effect of Maternal Overnutrition on Reward and Anxiety in Offspring
Aya Sasaki, Suzanne Erb, Patrick O. McGowan

10. The Implications of Maternal Obesity on Offspring Physiology and Behavior in the Nonhuman Primate
Elinor L. Sullivan, Paul Kievit

11. The Impact of Maternal Obesity on Offspring Obesity via Programmed Adipogenesis and Appetite
Michael G. Ross, Mina Desai

12. Developmental Programming of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
Kimberley D. Bruce, Felino R. Cagampang

13. Maternal Metabolic State and Cancer Risk: An Evolving Manifestation of Generational Impact
Frank A. Simmen, Melissa E. Heard, John Mark P. Pabona, Lorenzo M. Fernandes, Charles P. Mercado, Rosalia C. M. Simmen

14. The Influence of Maternal Obesity on Offspring Cardiovascular Control and Insights from Rodent Models
Paul D. Taylor

15. Maternal Obesity Effects on the Risk of Allergic Diseases in Offspring
Katharine C. Pike, Liesbeth Duijts

16. Epigenetic Mechanisms of Maternal Obesity Effects on the Descendants
Paul Cordero, Jiawei Li, Jonathan L. Temple, Vi Nguyen, Jude A. Oben

17. Early Microbe Contact in Defining Child Metabolic Health and Obesity Risk
Erika Isolauri, Samuli Rautava, Maria Carmen Collado, Seppo Salminen

Keywords: Biomedicine, Human Physiology, Animal Physiology, Gene Expression, Maternal and Child Health, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention