Head growth of the fetus and infant is largely ... make the neck folds more difficult to clean on the affected side. Infant skull anatomy. Reprinted with permission from Furdon SA, Benjamin ...

A study of over 2,800 mother-child pairs across eight ECHO Cohort sites links a prenatal diet following USDA guidelines to healthier infant growth patterns, reducing risks associated with obesity.

Babies born to mothers with GDM had higher levels of body fat at birth, but these infants showed slower fat gain during their first year of life, suggesting a flexibility in early-life growth ...

This suggests babies' early growth may adapt and self-correct more than previously thought and could mean that infants exposed to GDM are not necessarily predisposed to obesity but instead may ...

The study, out today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, challenges current views on obesity risk by showing slower fat gain among these infants compared to others in their first year. This ...

Women expecting to become mothers and maintaining a proper diet are more likely to have babies with healthy birth weights, steadier growth ... a positive effect on infant growth up to 24 months ...

In ambulatory care settings, infant growth is used to assess breastfeeding adequacy. However, the assessment of weight gain and growth among breastfed infants has not always been accurate because ...

Expectant mothers who maintain a diet that meets USDA dietary guidelines during pregnancy may be more likely to have infants with healthy birthweights, steadier growth patterns, and potentially a ...

Researchers found that infants exposed to gestational diabetes in utero had surprising growth paterns in their first year of life. A new study led by researchers at The University of Texas at ...

Babies exposed to gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in utero gain less fat in their first year but have equivalent lean body mass growth compared to non-GDM infants Gestational diabetes doesn ...