Maternal Obesity 1st edition by Matthew Gillman, Lucilla Poston ISBN 1107003965 9781107003965

Part I. Trends and Determinants of Obesity in Women of Reproductive Age:

1. Demography of obesity Maria Regina Torloni, Ana Pilar Betrán and Mario Merialdi;

2. Determinants of obesity Cuilin Zhang and Frank B. Hu;

3. Obesity and fertility Jorge E. Chavarro and Thomas L. Toth;

Part II. Pregnancy Outcome:

4. Maternal outcomes in obese pregnancies Eugene Oteng-Ntim and Pat Doyle;

5. Potential mechanisms contributing to gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia in the obese woman Naveed Sattar and Dilys J. Freeman;

6. Fetal and infant outcomes in obese pregnancies Ruth Bell, Peter W. G. Tennant and Judith Rankin;

7. Obesity in pregnancy and mental health Louise M. Howard and Helen Croker;

Part III. Long-term Consequences:

8. Long-term consequences of obesity in pregnancy for the mother Andrea Deierlein and Anna Maria Siega-Riz;

9. Long-term consequences of maternal obesity and gestational weight gain for offspring obesity and cardiovascular risk – intrauterine or shared familial mechanisms? Abigail Fraser and Debbie A. Lawlor;

10. Influences of maternal obesity on the health of the offspring: a review of animal models Lucilla Poston, Paul D. Taylor and Peter Nathanielsz;

11. Developmental origins of obesity: energy balance pathways – appetite. The role of developmental plasticity of the hypothalamus Sebastian G. Bouret;

12. Adipose tissue development and its potential contribution to later obesity Shalini Ojha, Helen Budge and Michael E. Symonds; 13. Maternal diet and nutritional status and risk of obesity in the child: the role of epigenetic mechanisms Melissa A. Suter and Kjersti Aagaard-Tillery;

Part IV. Interventions:

14. Interventional strategies to improve outcomes in obese pregnancies: focus on gestational weight gain Emily Oken and Matthew W. Gillman;

15. Interventional strategies to improve outcome in obese pregnancies: insulin resistance and gestational diabetes Scott M. Nelson and Lucilla Poston;

16. Intervention strategies to improve outcomes in obese pregnancies: micronutrients and dietary supplements Lisa M. Bodnar and Meredith S. Parrott;

17. Pre-pregnancy bariatric surgery: improved fertility and pregnancy outcome? Ronald G. Devlieger and Isabelle Guelinckx;

Part V. Management and Policy:

18. Clinical management of obesity in pregnancy Carolyn Chiswick and Fiona C. Denison;

19. Public health policies