Diet, Nutrition, and Fetal Programming (eBook)

Dr Rajkumar 'Siraj' RajendramKing's College LondonDepartment of Nutrition and DieteticsNutritional Sciences DivisionSchool of Biomedical & Health SciencesLondon, UKVictor R. Preedy, BSc, PhD, DScKing's College LondonDepartment of Nutrition and DieteticsNutritional Sciences DivisionSchool of Biomedical & Health SciencesLondon, UKVinood B. Patel, BSc, PhDUniversity of WestminsterFaculty of Science & TechnologyDepartment of Biomedical SciencesLondon, UK

Part I: Maternal Diet, Health and the Fetus: General Considerations.- Prenatal Maternal Stress in the Context: Maternal Stress Physiology, Immunology, Neuroendocrinology, Nutrition and Infant Development.- The Effects of Parental Diet on Fetal Programming of Stress-Related Brain Regions and Behaviors: Implications for Development of Neuropsychiatric Disorders.- Maternal Nutrition and Cognition.- Maternal Characteristics predisposing to Fetal Growth Restriction.- Maternal Insulin Sensitivity and Fetal Brain Activity.- Part II: Maternal Undernutrition and Protein Restriction: Effects on Fetus.- Dietary Restriction and the Endocrine Profiles in Offspring and Adults.- Maternal Undernutrition and Visceral Adiposity.- Maternal Undernutrition and Long-term Effects on Hepatic Function.- Maternal Protein Restriction and its Effects on Heart.- Effects of Maternal Protein Restriction on Nephrogenesis and Adult and Aging Kidney.- Maternal Protein Restriction and Effects on Behavior and Memory in Offspring.- Part III: Effects of Obesity, High Fat Diet and Junk Food on Fetal Outcomes.- Trends in Obesity and Implications for the Fetus.- Maternal Obesity and Implications for Fetal Programming.- Ethnicity, Obesity, and Pregnancy Outcomes on Fetal Programming.- Obesogenic Programming of Foetal Hepatic Metabolism by MircoRNAs.- Impacts of Maternal High Fat Diet on Stree-related Behavior and the Endocrine Response to Stress in Offspring.- Materna; Junk Food Diets: The Effects on Offspring Fat Mass and Food Preferences.- Part IV: Specific Dietary Components.- Maternal Fish Intake During Pregnancy and Effects on the Offspring.- Maternal Fish Oil Intake and Insulin Resistance in the Offspring.- Maternal n-3 Fatty Acids and Blood Pressure in Children.- Maternal Folate, Methyl Donors, One Carbon Metabolism, Vitamin B12 and Choline in Fetal Programming.- Maternal Taurine Supplementation Prevents Misprogramming.- Fetal Programming: Maternal Diets, Tryptophan and Postnatal Development.- Intrauterine Programming and Effects of Caffeine.- Part V: International Aspects and Policies.- Famines, Pregnancy and Effect on the Adults.- Maternal Malnutrition, Fetal Programming, Outcomes and Strategies in India.- Maternal Nutritional Factors Dictating Birth Weights: African Perspectives.- Maternal Nutrition in Ireland: Issues of Public Concern.- Maternal Malnutrition, Fetal Programming, Outcomes, and Implications of Environmental Factors in Japan.- Part VI: Effects of Fetal Programming in Childhood and Adulthood.- Growth Criteria and Predictors of Fetal Programming.- Effects of Fetal Programming on Metabolic Syndrome.- Fetal Programming of Food Preferences and Feeding Behavior.- Effects of Fetal Programming on Osteoporosis.- Childhood Sleep after Fetal Growth Restriction.- Part VII: Mechanisms of Programming.- Biomarkers of Abnormal Birth Weight in Pregnancy.- Mechanisms of Programming: Pancreatic Islets and Fetal Programming.- Pancratic GABA and Serotonin Actions in the Pancreas and Fetal Programming of Metabolism.- Maternal Malnutrition, Glucocorticoids and Fetal Programming: A Role for Placental 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 2.- High-fat Diet and Fetal Programming: Use of p66Shc Knockouts and Implications for Human Kind.- Fetal Programming of Telomere Biology: Role of Maternal Nutrition, Obstetric Risk Factors and Suboptimal Birth Outcomes. Part VIII: Resources.- Current Research and Recommended Resources on Fetal Nutrition.