title: Maternal nutrition and offspring's adulthood NCD's: a review.
abstract: Overnutrition and undernutrition during pregnancy are closely related to pregnancy outcome as well as neonatal and perinatal outcomes. This and more, from various published data it seems that the effect of maternal nutrition during fetal life stretches far beyond the neonatal period, and influences health issues in adulthood, from cardiovascular and metabolic disorders through mental illnesses. The purpose of this review is to update about overnutrition and undernutrition during pregnancy and their effect on noncommunicable adulthood diseases, and about leading theories on the subject.
authors.affiliation: Soroka Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pasternak
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aviram
authors.forename: Irit
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Poraz
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hod
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications; D039382:Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D044343:Overnutrition / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D013217:Starvation / Q000150:complications