title: Impact of Maternal Exercise during Pregnancy on Offspring Chronic Disease Susceptibility.
abstract: Maternal behaviors during pregnancy have been reported to impact offspring health in adulthood. In this article we explore the novel hypothesis that exercise during pregnancy can protect against chronic disease susceptibility in the offspring. To date, research has demonstrated that improvements in metabolic outcomes, cardiovascular risk, and cancer can occur in response to maternal exercise during pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; 2Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; and 3Department of Kinesiology, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA.
authors.forename: A Nicole
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Blaize
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: Sean C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Newcomer
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors