The relative contribution of prepregnancy overweight and obesity, gestational weight gain, and IADPSG - defined gestational diabetes mellitus to
fetal overgrowth
Jones HN, Woollett LA, Barbour N, Prasad PD, Powell TL, Jansson T. High - fat diet before and during pregnancy causes marked up - regulation of placental nutrient transport and
fetal overgrowth in C57 / BL6 mice.
And Aye and colleagues suspected that overactive placental transport could contribute to
fetal overgrowth.
Because obese people tend to have lower adiponectin levels, the researchers wondered whether supplementing the hormone could reverse
fetal overgrowth.
«Obesity during pregnancy may lead directly to
fetal overgrowth, study suggests.»
Not exact matches
Igf2, an important growth factor, is highly active during
fetal development and its misregulation leads to
overgrowth disorders such as Beckwith - Wiedemann Syndrome.