The influence of maternal macronutrient balance and dietary glycemic index (GI) on neonatal body composition has received little study. We hypothesized that the overall quantity and quality of macronutrients, particularly carbohydrate, in the maternal diet could have trimester-specific effects on neonatal growth and body composition in women at risk of gestational diabetes. Maternal diet was as...

Anemia is a common problem during pregnancy and no reference values have been reported for hematological parameters during pregnancy in rural population. Present study was aimed to study the hematological variations during three different trimesters of pregnancy and their comparison with matched non pregnant control. Longitudinal study was conducted in a cohort of 302 normal apparently healthy ...

Background Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a genetic multisystem disorder characterized by calcified dystrophic elastic fibres in skin, retina and arteries. Much of the earlier literature on pregnancy in PXE contained reports of severe complications, leading some healthcare providers to advise women with PXE against becoming pregnant and some women with PXE to avoid pregnancy. Objectives To e...

Excess adiposity in infancy may predispose individuals to obesity later life. The literature on determinants of infants is equivocal. In this longitudinal cohort study, we investigated pre-pregnancy, prenatal and postnatal different indices infants, i.e., fat mass (FM), percent FM (%FM), index (FMI) log-log (FM/FFMp), from birth 6 months, using linear mixed-effects regression. Body composition ...

The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with glycitein, a major soy isoflavone, during late pregnancy (starting on d 85) and lactation on antioxidative indices and performance in primiparous sows. A total of 227 gilts (Yorkshire × Landrace) were used, and after parturition, piglets were cross-fostered within treatment so that each sow suckled...

BACKGROUND Inequities in both health status and coverage of health services are considered important barriers to achieving Millennium Development Goal 4. Community-based health promotion is a strategy that is believed to reduce inequities in rural low-income settings. This paper examines the contributions of community-based programming to improving the equity of newborn health in three district...

Sub-Saharan African countries have recorded poor statistical indices of nutritional progress more than any other continent, except in a few cases when compared with some Asian countries. High incidences of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality have dotted the landscape in this region, with myriads of challenges. Poor maternal and infant nutrition have been associated directly and indirect...

Aims: To determine prevalence, causes and factors leading to severe acute maternal morbidity mortality during COVID 19 pandemic.
 Methods: The was a cross sectional observational study conducted in the department of Obstetrics Gynaecology Manipal teaching hospital from March 2020 February 2022 amid pandemic. Women who sustained (according World health organization organ system criteria) de...