NFS284H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Childhood Obesity, Low Birth Weight, Thrifty Phenotype
21 Mar 2018
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Both being overweight and underweight is dangerous for pregnancy. Weight loss not recommended during pregnancy bc nutritional deficiency can happen. Weight loss should be before pregnancy and weight gain during pregnancy should be kept to a min. Most canadian women gain more weight than they should during their pregnancies. For normal weight people: additional energy needs during pregnancy is 350-450 kcal in the last two trimesters. People who have a small amount of weight gain are the ones that smaller babies. As weight gain increases they tend to have larger babies. If you were exposed to famine in utero compared to their siblings who weren"t, these siblings had increased risk for obesity and cvd in adulthood. They"re programmed to be a conserver of energy. Siblings born before vs after the mother developed diabetes: The bmi of children that were born to mothers w diabetes is higher compared to the other.
