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Title: | Influences of the perinatal diet on maternal and child health: insights from the GUSTO study | Authors: | Chong, Mary Foong-Fong Godfrey, Keith M Gluckman, Peter Tan, Kok Hian Shek, Lynette Pei-Chi Meaney, Michael Chan, Jerry Kok Yen Yap, Fabian Lee, Yung Seng Chong, Yap-Seng |
Keywords: | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Nutrition & Dietetics Perinatal diet Maternal health Child health PRETERM BIRTH PREGNANCY WEIGHT WOMEN ASSOCIATIONS CONFINEMENT ADIPOSITY RISKS PEAK SIZE |
Issue Date: | 1-Aug-2020 | Publisher: | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Citation: | Chong, Mary Foong-Fong, Godfrey, Keith M, Gluckman, Peter, Tan, Kok Hian, Shek, Lynette Pei-Chi, Meaney, Michael, Chan, Jerry Kok Yen, Yap, Fabian, Lee, Yung Seng, Chong, Yap-Seng (2020-08-01). Influences of the perinatal diet on maternal and child health: insights from the GUSTO study. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY 79 (3) : 253-258. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665119001526 | Abstract: | Maternal and child health are intrinsically linked. With accumulating evidence over the past two decades supporting the developmental origins of health and diseases hypothesis, it is now widely recognised that nutrition in the first 1000 d sets the foundation for long-term health. Maternal diet before, during and after pregnancy can influence the developmental pathways of the fetus and lead to health consequences later in life. While maternal and infant mortality rates have declined significantly in the past two decades, the growing burden of obesity and chronic non-communicable diseases in women of reproductive age and children is on a rapid rise worldwide, in developed and developing countries. A key contributory factor is malnutrition, which is a consequence of consuming poor quality diets. Suboptimal macronutrient balance and micronutrient inadequacies can lead to undesirable maternal body composition and metabolism, in turn influencing the health of the mother and leading to longer-term metabolic and cognitive health consequences in the infant. The GUSTO (Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes) study, a mother-offspring multi-ethnic cohort study in Singapore, has contributed to this body of evidence over the past 10 years. This review will illustrate how nutritional epidemiological research through a birth cohort has illuminated the importance and urgency of maternal and child nutrition and health in a modern, industrialised setting. It underscores the importance of a number of critical nutrients during pregnancy, in combination with healthy dietary patterns and appropriate meal timing, for optimal maternal and child health. | Source Title: | PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/216309 | ISSN: | 00296651 14752719 |
DOI: | 10.1017/S0029665119001526 |
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