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A systematic review of the associations between maternal nutritional biomarkers and depression and/or anxiety during pregnancy and postpartum

scientific article published on 15 February 2018

Adherence to dietary recommendations by the Institute of Medicine and the effect on body weight during pregnancy

scientific article published in July 2013

Adiponectin and leptin gene variants and their effects on body weight trajectories in children from birth to six years of age: The PREDI Study

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Agreement between self-reported pre-pregnancy weight and measured first-trimester weight in Brazilian women

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

Amamentação e crescimento infantil: um estudo longitudinal em crianças do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 1999/2001

scientific article published on 02 May 2005

Anthropometric measurements of adolescents from two Amazonian ecosystems: variations according to seasonality

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Assessment of blood biomarkers in adolescents classified by body mass index and body fat percentage

scientific article published on 17 June 2020

Assessment of protein intake during pregnancy using a food frequency questionnaire and the effect on postpartum body weight variation

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Assessment of weight changes during and after pregnancy: practical approaches

scientific article published on January 2008

Association Between Gestational Weight Gain According to Three International Charts and Child Adverse Outcomes in Brazil: Results from Multiple Cohort Data (P11-126-19)

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

Association between central obesity, triglycerides and hypertension in a rural area in Brazil

scientific article published on 01 June 2008

Association between early pregnancy vitamin D status and changes in serum lipid profiles throughout pregnancy.

scientific article published on 12 February 2017

Association between metabolic syndrome and parameters of 24-hour blood pressure ambulatory monitoring

scientific article published in August 2011

Association between plasma concentrations of vitamin D metabolites and depressive symptoms throughout pregnancy in a prospective cohort of Brazilian women

scientific article published on 14 July 2017

Association between vitamin D status during pregnancy and total gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention: a prospective cohort

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

Association of Prepregnancy Dietary Patterns and Anxiety Symptoms from Midpregnancy to Early Postpartum in a Prospective Cohort of Brazilian Women

scientific article published on 11 March 2015

Association of Second and Third Trimester Weight Gain in Pregnancy with Maternal and Fetal Outcomes

scientific article published on January 30, 2013

Association of the FTO (rs9939609) and MC4R (rs17782313) gene polymorphisms with maternal body weight during pregnancy

scientific article published on 17 May 2016

Associations between obesity candidate gene polymorphisms (fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO), melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R), leptin (LEP) and leptin receptor (LEPR)) and dietary intake in pregnant women

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Birth weight and bone mass in young adults from Brazil

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Blood Pressure Variation Throughout Pregnancy According to Early Gestational BMI: A Brazilian Cohort

scientific article published on 13 February 2015

Blood pressure in healthy pregnancy and factors associated with no mid-trimester blood pressure drop: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 5 November 2014

Brazilian Maternal and Child Nutrition Consortium: establishment, data harmonization and basic characteristics

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

Breastfeeding and postpartum weight retention in a cohort of Brazilian women.

scientific article published in March 2004

C-reactive protein and hormones but not IL-6 are associated to body mass index in first trimester of pregnancy

scientific article published on 26 October 2010

C-reactive protein and later preeclampsia: systematic review and meta-analysis taking into account the weight status

scientific article published on January 2013

Caffeine consumption by pregnant women selected from a Health Care Center in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

scientific article published in May 2008

Caffeine consumption during pregnancy and prevalence of low birth weight and prematurity: a systematic review

scientific article published in December 2007

Calcium and vitamin D supplementation and/or periodontal therapy in the treatment of periodontitis among Brazilian pregnant women: protocol of a feasibility randomised controlled trial (the IMPROVE trial)

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Cesarean Section Is Associated with Increased Peripheral and Central Adiposity in Young Adulthood: Cohort Study

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Changes in Maternal Plasma Adiponectin from Late Pregnancy to the Postpartum Period According to the Mode of Delivery: Results from a Prospective Cohort in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Changes in plasma concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D during pregnancy: a Brazilian cohort

scientific article published on 28 March 2017

Comparison of Three International Charts Used to Monitor Gestational Weight Gain: Results from a Brazilian Multiple Cohort Dataset (P11-128-19)

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

Correction to: Calcium and vitamin D supplementation and/or periodontal therapy in the treatment of periodontitis among Brazilian pregnant women: protocol of a feasibility randomised controlled trial (the IMPROVE trial)

scientific article published on 27 November 2020

Dairy consumption is associated with a lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome among young adults from Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

scientific article published on 31 December 2014

Determinant factors of insufficient and excessive gestational weight gain and maternal-child adverse outcomes

scientific article published on 26 November 2009

Determinants of weight gain in pregnant women attending a public prenatal care facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a prospective study, 2005-2007.

scientific article published in January 2008

Diagnostic performance of body mass index in detection of obesity using different cutoff points for excess body fat

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Dietary intake variations from pre-conception to gestational period according to the degree of industrial processing: A Brazilian cohort.

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Dietary patterns and their association with adiponectin and leptin concentrations throughout pregnancy: a prospective cohort.

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

Dietary patterns are associated with blood lipids at 18-year-olds: a cross-sectional analysis nested in the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort

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Dietary patterns are associated with excess weight and abdominal obesity in a cohort of young Brazilian adults

scientific article published on 29 August 2015

Dietary patterns by cluster analysis in pregnant women: relationship with nutrient intakes and dietary patterns in 7-year-old offspring

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Dietary patterns, n-3 fatty acids intake from seafood and high levels of anxiety symptoms during pregnancy: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

Early pregnancy body mass index modifies the association of pre-pregnancy dietary patterns with serum polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations throughout pregnancy in Brazilian women.

scientific article published on 21 June 2017

Eating frequency and weight and body composition: a systematic review of observational studies

scientific article published on 5 June 2017

Effect of predominant breastfeeding duration on infant growth: a prospective study using nonlinear mixed effect models.

scientific article published in May 2008

Effects of the polymorphisms rs17782313 in mc4r gene and rs2282679 in VDBP gene on the TG-HDL ratio and HOMA-IR through pregnancy

scientific article published on 11 November 2015

Enhanced quality and transparency of health research reporting can lead to improvements in public health policy decision-making: help from the EQUATOR Network

scientific article published on 01 October 2011

Epidemiology of overweight and obesity and its determinants in Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil: a cross-sectional population-based study

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Evaluation of the ability of a Latin-American gestational weight curve to predict adverse pregnancy outcomes.

scientific article published on 23 May 2009

Evaluation of waist circumference to predict general obesity and arterial hypertension in women in Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

scientific article published on May 2002

Factors associated with maternal serum C-reactive protein throughout pregnancy: A longitudinal study in women of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

scientific article published on 5 May 2015

Factors associated with prospective leptin concentrations throughout pregnancy in pregestational normal weight, overweight and obese women

scientific article published on 21 June 2014

Fatores associados à ocorrência de cesárea e aborto em mulheres selecionadas em um centro de saúde no município do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Food poverty among children aged 6–59 months in Brazil: results from the Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (ENANI-2019)

scientific article published in 2024

Gestational dietary patterns are not associated with blood pressure changes during pregnancy and early postpartum in a Brazilian prospective cohort

scientific article published on 20 December 2014

Gestational weight gain and newborn anthropometric outcomes in rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on 24 April 2019

Gestational weight gain and prepregnancy weight influence postpartum weight retention in a cohort of brazilian women

scientific article published in March 2004

Gestational weight gain standards based on women enrolled in the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project: a prospective longitudinal cohort study

scientific article published on 29 February 2016

HDL-cholesterol concentrations are inversely associated with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale scores during pregnancy: results from a Brazilian cohort study.

scientific article published on 12 August 2014

Hepatic, renal and inflammatory biomarkers are positively associated with blood pressure changes in healthy pregnant women: a prospective cohort

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High cesarean prevalence in a national population-based study in Brazil: the role of private practice

scientific article published in July 2010

High cholesterol dietary intake during pregnancy is associated with large for gestational age in a sample of low-income women of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

scientific article published on 3 October 2016

High dietary ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 polyunsaturated acids during pregnancy and prevalence of post-partum depression

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High protein diet promotes body weight loss among Brazilian postpartum women

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High-protein diet promotes a moderate postpartum weight loss in a prospective cohort of Brazilian women

scientific article published in November 2009

Household Food Insecurity Is Not Associated with BMI for Age or Weight for Height among Brazilian Children Aged 0–60 Months

scientific article published on September 21, 2012

Household food insecurity and excess weight/obesity among Brazilian women and children: a life-course approach.

scientific article published on February 2013

Human Milk Oligosaccharide Profile Variation Throughout Postpartum in Healthy Women in a Brazilian Cohort

scientific article published on 17 March 2020

Intergenerational breastfeeding practices among parents and children: 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort

scientific article published on 06 July 2020

Leptin gene polymorphism (rs7799039; G2548A) is associated with changes in serum lipid concentrations during pregnancy: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 10 July 2019

Longitudinal association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D with adipokines and markers of glucose metabolism among Brazilian pregnant women

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Low leptin concentration in the first gestational trimester is associated with being born small for gestational age: prospective study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

scientific article published on 4 November 2009

Lower inter-partum interval and unhealthy life-style factors are inversely associated with n-3 essential fatty acids changes during pregnancy: a prospective cohort with Brazilian women

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Maternal C-reactive protein concentrations during pregnancy and birth weight in a prospective cohort in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

scientific article published on 19 October 2016

Maternal Plasma Pyridoxal 5'-Phosphate Concentration Is Inversely Associated with Plasma Cystathionine Concentration across All Trimesters in Healthy Pregnant Women

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy and intelligence quotients in the offspring at 8 years of age: Findings from the ALSPAC cohort.

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Maternal lipids and leptin concentrations are associated with large-for-gestational-age births: a prospective cohort study

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Maternal plasma folate concentration is positively associated with serum total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein across the three trimesters of pregnancy

scientific article published on 19 November 2020

Menarche, early pregnancy, and obesity in selected Brazilian women from a health care center in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

scientific article published on 21 July 2003

Metabolic disorders and adiposity in a rural population

scientific article published in April 2008

Mild but Not Light or Severe Food Insecurity Is Associated with Obesity among Brazilian Women1,2

scientific article published on March 9, 2011

Mixed dietary pattern is associated with a slower decline of body weight change during postpartum in a cohort of Brazilian women

scientific article published in March 2014

Night-shift work and cardiovascular risk among employees of a public university

scientific article published on March 1, 2012

Nine months postpartum weight retention predictors for Brazilian women

scientific article published in August 2004

Normal weight obesity is associated with metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in young adults from a middle-income country.

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Nutritional intervention strategies for the management of overweight and obesity in primary health care: A systematic review with meta-analysis

scientific article published on 02 October 2020

Omega-3 supplementation from pregnancy to postpartum to prevent depressive symptoms: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

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Omega-6 fatty acids and greater likelihood of suicide risk and major depression in early pregnancy

scientific article published on May 31, 2013

Overweight and obesity associated with high blood pressure: a cross-sectional study in Brazilian students

scientific article published on 11 December 2020

Physical activity during pregnancy and maternal-child health outcomes: a systematic literature review

scientific article published on January 2008

Plasma adiponectin and depressive symptoms during pregnancy and the postpartum period: A prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 28 January 2016

Plasma adiponectin is inversely associated with antenatal anxiety: Results from a Brazilian cohort

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Polymorphisms in the leptin (rs7799039) gene are associated with an increased risk of excessive gestational weight gain but not with leptin concentration during pregnancy

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

Polymorphisms of Leptin (G2548A) and Leptin Receptor (Q223R and K109R) Genes and Blood Pressure During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: A Cohort.

scientific article published on 14 November 2016

Postpartum weight retention among women in Rio de Janeiro: a follow-up study

scientific article published on 21 July 2003

Prepregnancy Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Blood Lipid Level Changes During Pregnancy: A Prospective Cohort Study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

Prepregnancy Dietary Patterns and Their Association with Perinatal Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study

scientific article published on 30 April 2019

Prepregnancy healthy dietary pattern is inversely associated with depressive symptoms among pregnant Brazilian women

scientific article published on 20 August 2014

Prevalence and temporal trends in prepregnancy nutritional status and gestational weight gain of adult women followed in the Brazilian Food and Nutrition Surveillance System from 2008 to 2018

scientific article published on 13 July 2021

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a rural area of Brazil

scientific article published in May 2007

Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the first trimester of pregnancy and factors associated with current suicide risk

scientific article published on 3 October 2013

Recruitment of low-income pregnant women into a dietary and dental care intervention: lessons from a feasibility trial

scientific article published on 05 March 2020

Reference values of handgrip dynamometry of healthy adults: a population-based study

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Relationship between sitting-height-to-stature ratio and adiposity in Brazilian women

scientific article published in September 2005

Serum docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is inversely associated with anxiety disorders in early pregnancy

scientific article published on 20 December 2014

Serum fatty acids are positively associated with changes in systemic blood pressure throughout pregnancy

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

Serum saturated fatty acid decreases plasma adiponectin and increases leptin throughout pregnancy independently of BMI.

scientific article published on 30 January 2016

Severe food insecurity is associated with obesity among Brazilian adolescent females.

scientific article published on 17 January 2012

Skin color and marital status influence postpartum weight retention among Brazilian adolescents

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Sleep duration of 24 h is associated with birth weight in nulli- but not multiparous women

scientific article published in November 2018

Sociodemographic characteristics determine dietary pattern adherence during pregnancy.

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Socioeconomic and demographic factors are associated with dietary patterns in a cohort of young Brazilian adults

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Systematic Review of the Methodological Quality of Studies Aimed at Creating Gestational Weight Gain Charts

scientific article published on 15 March 2016

Television viewing and abdominal obesity in women according to smoking status: results from a large cross-sectional population-based study in Brazil

scientific article published in March 2013

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scientific article published in February 2013

Total cholesterol and leptin concentrations are associated with prospective changes in systemic blood pressure in healthy pregnant women

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Vitamin B-6 Status in Unsupplemented Pregnant Women Is Associated Positively with Serum Docosahexaenoic Acid and Inversely with the n-6-to-n-3 Fatty Acid Ratio

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Vitamin D and Calcium Milk Fortification in Pregnant Women with Periodontitis: A Feasibility Trial

scientific article published on 30 October 2020

Vitamin D during pregnancy and its association with birth outcomes: a Brazilian cohort study

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

Waist circumference is an effect modifier of the association between bone mineral density and glucose metabolism

scientific article published on 17 May 2018

[Abdominal obesity epidemiology amongst adult women resident in Southern Brazil]

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

[Anxiety during pregnancy, prematurity, and low birth weight: a systematic literature review]

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

[Determinants of postpartum weight retention according to skin color among women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

[Dietary patterns among postpartum women treated at a municipal health center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]

scientific article published on 29 May 2006

[Factors accountable for macrosomia incidence in a study with mothers and progeny attended at a Basic Unity of Health in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

[Factors associated with minor psychiatric disorders among women selected from a healthcare center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]

scientific article published on 28 April 2006

[Food intake during pregnancy and postpartum according to skin color in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

[Gestational weight gain and macrosomia in a cohort of mothers and their children]

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

[Obesity prevalence and associated factors in the elderly in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil: obesity classification according to two cutoff points for body mass index]

scientific article published on 01 July 2009

[The nutritional transition and the epidemiology of obesity in Latin America]

scientific article published on 21 July 2003