Diet, Nutrition, and Fetal Programming

Part I. Maternal Diet, Health and the Fetus: General Considerations

1. Prenatal Maternal Stress in Context: Maternal Stress Physiology, Immunology, Neuroendocrinology, Nutrition and Infant Development
Emily S. Barrett, Ana Vallejo Sefair, Thomas G. O’Connor

2. The Effects of Parental Diet on Fetal Programming of Stress-Related Brain Regions and Behaviours: Implications for Development of Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Austin C. Korgan, Tara S. Perrot

3. Maternal Nutrition and Cognition
Rachael M. Taylor, Roger Smith, Clare E. Collins, Alexis J. Hure

4. Maternal Fitness and Infant Birth Weight
Michèle Bisson, Isabelle Marc

5. Maternal Characteristics Predisposing to Fetal Growth Restriction
Irene Cetin, Chiara Mandò, Francesca Parisi

6. Maternal Insulin Sensitivity and Fetal Brain Activity
Franziska Schleger, Katarzyna Linder, Andreas Fritsche, Hubert Preissl

Part II. Maternal Undernutrition and Protein Restriction: Effects on Fetus

7. Dietary Restriction and the Endocrine Profiles in Offspring and Adults
Young Ju Kim

8. Maternal Undernutrition and Visceral Adiposity
Prabhat Khanal, Mette Olaf Nielsen

9. Maternal Undernutrition and Long-Term Effects on Hepatic Function
Daniel B. Hardy

10. Maternal Protein Restriction and Its Effects on Heart
Heloisa Balan Assalin, José Antonio Rocha Gontijo, Patrícia Aline Boer

11. Effects of Maternal Protein Restriction on Nephrogenesis and Adult and Aging Kidney
Patrícia Aline Boer, Ana Tereza Barufi Franco, José Antonio Rocha Gontijo

12. Maternal Protein Restriction and Effects on Behavior and Memory in Offspring
Agnes Silva Lopes Oliveira, José Antonio Rocha Gontijo, Patrícia Aline Boer

Part III. Effects of Obesity, High Fat Diet and Junk Food on Fetal Outcomes

13. Trends in Obesity and Implications for the Fetus
Jamie O. Lo, Antonio E. Frias

14. Maternal Obesity and Implications for Fetal Programming
Stephen P. Ford, John F. Odhiambo

15. Ethnicity, Obesity, and Pregnancy Outcomes on Fetal Programming
Miranda Davies-Tuck, Mary-Ann Davey, Joel A. Fernandez, Maya Reddy, Marina G. Caulfield, Euan Wallace

16. Obesogenic Programming of Foetal Hepatic Metabolism by microRNAs
Laís Angélica Simino, Marcio Alberto Torsoni, Adriana Souza Torsoni

17. Impacts of Maternal High-Fat Diet on Stress-Related Behaviour and the Endocrine Response to Stress in Offspring
Sameera Abuaish, Patrick O. McGowan

18. Maternal Junk Food Diets: The Effects on Offspring Fat Mass and Food Preferences
Beverly S. Muhlhausler, Jessica R. Gugusheff, Simon C. Langley-Evans

Part IV. Specific Dietary Components

19. Maternal Fish Intake During Pregnancy and Effects on the Offspring
Leda Chatzi, Nikos Stratakis

20. Maternal Fish Oil Intake and Insulin Resistance in the Offspring
Emilio Herrera, Patricia Casas-Agustench, Alberto Dávalos

21. Maternal n-3 Fatty Acids and Blood Pressure in Children
Hasthi U. W. Dissanayake, Melinda Phang, Michael R. Skilton

22. Maternal Folate, Methyl Donors, One-Carbon Metabolism, Vitamin B12 and Choline in Foetal Programming
Jean-Louis Guéant, Rosa-Maria Guéant-Rodriguez

23. Maternal Taurine Supplementation Prevents Misprogramming
Edith Arany

24. Fetal Programming: Maternal Diets, Tryptophan, and Postnatal Development
Giuseppe Musumeci, Paola Castrogiovanni, Francesca Maria Trovato, Marta Anna Szychlinska, Rosa Imbesi

25. Intrauterine Programming and Effects of Caffeine
Zhexiao Jiao, Hao Kou, Dan Xu, Hanwen Luo, Hui Wang

Part V. International Aspects and Policies

26. Famines, Pregnancy and Effect on the Adults
Matthew Edwards

27. Maternal Malnutrition, Foetal Programming, Outcomes and Strategies in India
Poornima Prabhakaran, Prabhakaran Dorairaj

28. Maternal Nutritional Factors Dictating Birth Weights: African Perspectives
Baba Usman Ahmadu

29. Maternal Nutrition in Ireland: Issues of Public Health Concern
John M. Kearney, Elizabeth J. O’Sullivan

30. Maternal Malnutrition, Fetal Programming, Outcomes, and Implications of Environmental Factors in Japan
Hideko Sone, Tin-Tin Win-Shwe

Part VI. Effects of Fetal Programming in Childhood and Adulthood

31. Growth Criteria and Predictors of Fetal Programming
Sandra Silva Mattos, Felipe Alves Mourato

32. Effects of Fetal Programming on Metabolic Syndrome
Renata Pereira Alambert, Marcelo Lima Gusmão Correia

33. Fetal Programming of Food Preferences and Feeding Behavior
Adrianne Rahde Bischoff, Roberta DalleMolle, Patrícia Pelufo Silveira

34. Effects of Fetal Programming on Osteoporosis
George M. Weisz, William Randall Albury

35. Childhood Sleep After Fetal Growth Restriction
Stephanie R. Yiallourou

Part VII. Mechanisms of Programming

36. Biomarkers of Abnormal Birth Weight in Pregnancy
Beata Anna Raczkowska, Monika Zbucka-Kretowska, Adam Kretowski, Michal Ciborowski

37. Mechanisms of Programming: Pancreatic Islets and Fetal Programming
Luiz F. Barella, Paulo C. F. Mathias, Júlio C. Oliveira

38. Pancreatic GABA and Serotonin Actions in the Pancreas and Fetal Programming of Metabolism
David J. Hill

39. Maternal Malnutrition, Glucocorticoids, and Fetal Programming: A Role for Placental 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2
Emily K. Chivers, Caitlin S. Wyrwoll

40. High-Fat Diet and Foetal Programming: Use of P66Shc Knockouts and Implications for Human Kind
Alessandra Berry, Francesca Cirulli

41. Fetal Programming of Telomere Biology: Role of Maternal Nutrition, Obstetric Risk Factors, and Suboptimal Birth Outcomes
Sonja Entringer, Karin Punder, Glenn Verner, Pathik D. Wadhwa

Part VIII. Resources

42. Current Research and Recommended Resources on Fetal Nutrition
Rajkumar Rajendram, Vinood B. Patel, Victor R. Preedy

Avainsanat: Medicine & Public Health, Clinical Nutrition, Medical Biochemistry, Maternal and Child Health