Publications

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May 2023

Integration of nutrition support using the FIGO
nutrition checklist in the Bukhali trial: a dietitian’s
perspective

Mogashoa L, Norris SA, Mabetha K, et al.

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

April 2023

The Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Trial: a study protocol for monitoring fidelity of a preconception-lifestyle behaviour intervention

Dennis CL, Marini F, Prioreschi A, et al.

Trials

March 2023

A cross-sectional study of the associations between biomarkers of Vitamin D, iron status, and hemoglobin in South African women of reproductive age: the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) South Africa

Soepnel LM, Mabetha K, Draper CE, et al.

Current Developments in Nutrition

March 2023

Development, Implementation, and Process Evaluation of Bukhali: An Intervention from Preconception to Early Childhood

Draper CE, Thwala N, Slemming W, et al.

Global Implementation Research and Applications

March 2023

An intergenerational life-course approach to address early childhood obesity and adiposity: the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)

Kumaran K, Birken C, Baillargeon JP, et al.

Lancet Glob Health

March 2023

Interactions between maternal health and placental morphology on neonate body composition

Prioreschi, A. Goldstein, JA. Koethe, J. Aronoff, et al.

Global Paediatrics

February 2023

Maternal perceptions of infant’s body weight and childhood obesity in South Africa: a qualitative study in Soweto

Cohen E, Slemming, Wrottesley SV, et al.

Children and Society

February 2023

Delivery and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women during the Shanghai lockdown: A retrospective analysis

Zhou FY, Li C, Qin KZ, et al.

Frontiers

February 2023

Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Nutritional Status and Infant Birth Weight in Relation to 0–2 Year-Growth Trajectory and Adiposity in Term Chinese Newborns with Appropriate Birth Weight-for-Gestational Age

Ouyang F, Wang X, Wells JC, et al.

Nutrients

February 2023

Associations between short-term and long-term exposure to particulate matter and preterm birth

Su YF, Li C, Xu JJ, et al.

Chemosphere

January 2023

Impact of an integrated nutrition, health, water sanitation and hygiene, psychosocial care and support intervention package delivered during the pre- and peri-conception period and/or during pregnancy and early childhood on linear growth of infants in the first two years of life, birth outcomes and nutritional status of mothers: study protocol of a factorial, individually randomized controlled trial in India

Teneja S, Chowdhury R, Dhabhai N, et al.

Trials

January 2023

Evaluating implementation of the FIGO Nutrition Checklist for preconception and pregnancy within the Bukhali trial in Soweto, South Africa

Soepnel LM, Draper CE, Mabetha K, et al.

International Journal of Gynaecology & Obstetrics

December 2022

Maternal BMI in the preconception period, and association with child zBMI growth rates

Deveci A, Keown-Stoneman C, Maguire J, et al.

Pediatric Obesity

December 2022

Predictors of preconception health knowledge among Canadian women: A nationwide cross-sectional study

Dennis CL, Birken CS, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

Journal of Clinical Nursing

December 2022

Supporting behaviour change: Implementation of Healthy Conversation Skills in the Bukhali trial in Soweto, South Africa

Draper CE, Mabena G, Motlhatlhedi M, et al.

Social Science & Medicine – Mental Health

December 2022

A PPARG Splice Variant in Granulosa Cells Is Associated with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Shi CY, Xu JJ, Li C, et al.

JCM

December 2022

Interactive effects of ambient air pollution and sunshine duration on the risk of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

Li C, Yu JL, Xu JJ, et al.

Environmental Research

November 2022

Barriers and Facilitators of micronutrient supplementation among women of reproductive age in South Africa

Silubonde T, Draper C.E, Baumgartner J, et al.

PLoS Global Public Health

November 2022

Association of maternal triglyceride responses to thyroid function in early pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus

Zhang C, Bai L, Sun K, et al.

Front Endocrinol

November 2022

Association between residential proximity to municipal solid waste incinerator sites and birth outcomes in Shanghai: a retrospective cohort study of births during 2014–2018

Hao Y, Wu W, Fraser WD, et al.

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

October 2022

Genetic deconvolution of fetal and maternal cell-free DNA in maternal plasma enables next-generation non-invasive prenatal screening

Xu C, Li J, Chen SC, et al.

Cell Discovery

October 2022

Breastfeeding Practices and Associated Factors in Shanghai: A Cross-Sectional Study

Hao Y, Wang L, Wang C, et al.

Nutrients

October 2022

Alternations of cesarean section rates in a non-infected population after the outbreak of COVID-19: a cross-sectional study

Xue RH, Li J, Chen L, et al.

Psychology, Health & Medicine

October 2022

Diet quality during pregnancy and its association with social factors: 3D Cohort Study (Design, Develop, Discover)

Yu Y, Feng C, Bédard B, et al.

Maternal & Child Nutrition

September 2022

Medical, behavioural and social preconception and interconception risk factors among pregnancy planning and recently pregnant Canadian women

Dennis CL, Prioreschi A, Brown HK, et al.

Family Medicine and Community Health

September 2022

Internet-based cognitive therapy for women with antenatal depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: protocol for a multi-center randomized controlled trial across China

Duan CC, Yu JL, Tao J, et al.

Trials

September 2022

Maternal lipid profile during early pregnancy and birth weight: A retrospective study

Zhu SM, Zhang HQ, Li C, et al.

Front Endocrinol

September 2022

A protocol for monitoring fidelity of a preconception-life course intervention in a middle-income setting: the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI), South Africa

Soepnel LM, Draper CE, Mabetha K, et al.

Trials

August 2022

Evaluation of a short messaging service (SMS) intervention to promote preconception micronutrient supplement use: The Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Study, South Africa

Soepnel LM, McKinley MC, Klingberg S, et al.

JMIR Formative Research

August 2022

Evaluation of a Text Messaging Intervention to Promote Preconception Micronutrient Supplement Use: Feasibility Study Nested in the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative Study in South Africa

Soepnel LM, McKinley MC, Klingberg S, et al.

PLoS One

August 2022

Tracking of menstrual cycles and prediction of the fertile window via measurements of basal body temperature and heart rate as well as machine-learning algorithms

Yu JL, Su YF, Zhang C, et al.

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

July 2022

Cross-sectional associations between mental health indicators and social vulnerability, with physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in urban African young women

Draper C, Cook C, Redinger S, et al.

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

July 2022

Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy in severe male factor infertility: protocol for a multicenter randomised controlled trial

Lin XH, Guo MX, Wu DD, et al.

BMJ Open

June 2022

Preconception risk factors and health care needs of pregnancy-planning women and men with a lifetime history or current mental illness: A nationwide survey

Dennis CL, Brown HK, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

PLoS One

June 2022

Cognitive and motor development in 3- to 6-year-old children born to mothers with hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy in an Urban African population

Soepnel LM, Nicolaou, V, Draper, C, et al.

Maternal Child Health Journal

June 2022

Association between paternal age and subtypes of preterm birth: a retrospective study

Mao Y, Liu Z, Zhang C, et al.

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

June 2022

Association between prenatal exposure to ambient air pollutants and postpartum depressive symptoms: A multi-city cohort study

Duan CC, Li C, Xu JJ, et al.

Environmental Research

May 2022

Associations between abdominal adiposity, body size and objectively measured physical activity in infants from Soweto, South Africa

Prioreschi A, Ong K, De Lucia Rolfe, E, et al.

International Journal of Obesity

May 2022

The impact of maternal hyperglycemia first detected in pregnancy on offspring blood pressure in Soweto, South Africa

Boerstra B, Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, et al.

Journal of Hypertension

May 2022

Maternal inheritance of glucose intolerance via oocyte TET3 insufficiency

Chen B, Du YR, Zhu H, et al.

Nature

May 2022

Exposure to Chloramine and Chloroform in Tap Water and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Shanghai

Zhu SM, Li C, Xu JJ, et al.

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health

April 2022

Building knowledge, optimising physical and mental health, and setting up healthier life trajectories in South Africa (Bukhali): a preconception randomised control trial part of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)

Norris S, Draper C, Prioreschi A, et al.

BMJ Open

April 2022

Social Support during pregnancy: A phenomenological exploration of young women’s experiences of support networks on pregnancy care and wellbeing in Soweto, South Africa

Mabetha K, Soepnel LM, Klingberg S, et al.

This article is a preprint.

April 2022

Building knowledge, optimising physical and mental health, and setting up healthier life trajectories in South Africa (Bukhali): a preconception randomised control trial part of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)

Norris S, Draper C, Prioreschi A, et al.

BMJ Open

April 2022

High Maternal Serum Estradiol in First Trimester of Multiple Pregnancy Contributes to Small for Gestational Age via DNMT1-Mediated CDKN1C Upregulation

Hu XL, Shi S, Hou NN, et al.

Reproductive Sciences

March 2022

High-Risk Health Describing correlates of early childhood screen time and outdoor play in Soweto, South Africa

Prioreschi A, et al.

Infant and Child Development

March 2022

High-Risk Health Behaviours of Pregnancy-Planning Women and Men: Is there a Need for Preconception Care?

Dennis CL, Brennenstuhl S, Brown H, et al.

Midwifery

March 2022

Perspectives on gestational diabetes mellitus in South Africa

Nicolaou V, Levitt N, Huddle K, et al.

South African Medical Journal

March 2022

Prevalence and socio-structural determinants of tobacco exposure in young women: Data from the Healthy Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) study in urban Soweto, South Africa

Soepnel LM, Kolkenbeck-Ruh A, Crouch SH, et al.

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

March 2022

Describing correlates of early childhood screen time and outdoor time in Soweto, South Africa

P Prioreschi, A., & Norris, S. A.

PLoS One

March 2022

Associations of PM2.5 exposure with blood glucose impairment in early pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus

Cheng X, Ji X, Yang DJ, et al.

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

February 2022

Contextualising individual, household and community level factors associated with sugar-sweetened beverage intake and screen time in Soweto, South Africa

Prioreschi A, Ware L, et al.

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

February 2022

Short- and long-read metagenomics of urban and rural South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and undescribed taxa

Tamburini FB, Maghini D, Oduaran OH, et al.

Nat ure Communications

February 2022

Contextualising individual, household and community level factors associated with sugar-sweetened beverage intake and screen time in Soweto, South Africa

Prioreschi A. et al.

PLoS One

February 2022

Pediatric and adult obesity concerns in female health: a Mendelian randomization study

Yan YS, Qu Z, Lv PP, et al.

Endocrine

January 2022

Relationships between adiposity distribution and metabolic health in preconception women in South Africa

Prioreschi A, Koethe JR, Aronoff DM, et al.

Obesity Science and Practice

January 2022

Cardiometabolic outcomes of women exposed to hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy at 3-6 years post-partum in an urban South African setting

Nicolaou V, Soepnel LM, Huddle K, et al.

PLoS One

January 2022

Screen Use and Internet Addiction among Parents of Young Children: A Nationwide Canadian Cross-Sectional Survey

Dennis CL, Carsley S, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

PLoS One

December 2021

Physical activity and sedentary behaviours during pregnancy are associated with neonatal size at birth

27. Prioreschi A, Wrottesley SV, Norris SA

The South African Journal of Child Health

December 2021

Selecting and Evaluating Mobile Health Apps for the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative: Development of the eHealth Resource Checklist

Vanderloo LM, Carsley S, Agarwal P, et al.

JMIR Medhealth and Uhealth

December 2021

Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes With Levothyroxine Treatment in Women With Subclinical Hypothyroidism Based on New Diagnostic Criteria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Ding Z, Liu Y, Maraka S, et al.

Front Endocrinol

November 2021

Describing 24-hour movement behaviours among preconception and recently pregnant Canadian parents: who do we need to target?

Dennis CL, Birken C, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

October 2021

Striving for evidence-based health care with eHealth and technology in a time of half-truths and disinformation

Dol J, Dennis CL

JBI Evidence Synthesis

October 2021

Anxiety and depression-like behaviours are more frequent in aged male mice conceived by ART compared with natural conception

Qin NX, Zhao R, Shi WH, et al

Reproduction

September 2021

Determinants of Anaemia Among Women of Reproductive Age In South Africa: A Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)

Silubonde TM, Smuts CM, Ware LJ, et al.

PLoS One

September 2021

Social vulnerability, parity and food insecurity in urban African young women: The Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Study

Ware L, Lim A, Prioreschi A, et al.

Journal of Public Health Policy

August 2021

Observations of the Effects of Maternal Fasting Plasma Glucose Changes in Early Pregnancy on Fetal Growth Profiles and Birth Outcomes.

Wu Y, Ma X, Fraser WD, et al.

Frontiers in Endocrinology

August 2021

Maternal perspectives on infant feeding practices in Soweto, South Africa

Wrottesley SV*, Prioreschi A, Slemming W, et al.

Public Health and Nutrition

August 2021

Comprehensive non-invasive prenatal screening for pregnancies with elevated risks of genetic disorders: protocol for a prospective, multicentre study

Xu C, Cai X, Chen SC, et al.

BMJ Open

August 2021

Effect of an individualised nutritional intervention on gestational diabetes mellitus prevention in a high-risk population screened by a prediction model: study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Zhang C, Wang L, Sun W, et al.

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

July 2021

Association Between Paternal Age and Birth Weight in Preterm and Full-Term Birth: A Retrospective Study

Mao Y, Zheng C, Wang Y, et al.

Front Endocrinol

July 2021

Comparison of Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiles of Human Fetal Tissues Conceived by in vitro Fertilization and Natural Conception

Liu Y, Li X, Chen SC, et al.

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

July 2021

Integrative Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Fetal Thymocyte Development

Li Y, Zeng W, Li T, et al.

Frontiers in Genetics

July 2021

Application of the RCOG Risk Assessment Model for Evaluating Postpartum Venous Thromboembolism in Chinese Women: A Case-Control Study

Ge YZ, Zhang C, Ca YQ, et al.

Medical Science Monitor

May 2021

Obesity and adiposity of 3- to 6-year-old children born to mothers with hyperglycemia first detected in pregnancy in an urban South African setting

Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, Slater C, et al.

Annals of Human Biology

May 2021

Food insecurity, diet quality and body composition: data from the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative pilot survey in urban Soweto, South Africa. Public Health Nutrition

Kehoe S, Wrottesley S*, Prioreschi A, Ware L, et al.

Public Health Nutrition

May 2021

Effects of acute ambient pollution exposure on preterm prelabor rupture of membranes: A time-series analysis in Shanghai, China

Li C, X JJ, He YC, et al.

Environmental Pollution

April 2021

Identifying priorities for practice improvement related to breastfeeding support in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Medellin, Colombia.

González de Armas A, Ochoa Marin SC, Semenic S, et al.

Journal of Neonatal Nursing

April 2021

Study protocol for the Sino- Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (SCHeLTI): a multicentre, cluster-randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial of a multifaceted community-family-mother-child intervention to prevent childhood overweight and obesity

Wu Y, Marc I, Bouchard L, et al.

BMJ Open

April 2021

The association between fetal growth and neonatal adiposity in urban South African infants

Wrottesley SV, Prioreschi A, Norris SA, et al.

Pediatric Obesity

April 2021

Young women’s perceptions of life in urban South Africa: Contextualising the preconception knowledge gap

Bosire EN, Ware LJ, Draper C, et al.

African Journal of Reproductive Health

April 2021

Caregivers’ perceptions, challenges and service needs related to tackling childhood overweight and obesity: a qualitative study in three districts of Shanghai, China

Wu Y, Ma X, Fraser WD, et al.

BMC Public Health

April 2021

Adverse Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Women With Elevated Intrapartum Temperature Complicated by Histological Chorioamnionitis at Term: A Propensity-Score Matched Study

Ge YZ, Zhang C, Cai Y, et al.

Frontiers in Pediatrics

April 2021

Association between gestational anemia in different trimesters and neonatal outcomes: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study

Sun CF, Liu H, Hao YH, et al.

World Journal of Pediatrics

April 2021

Study protocol for the Sino-Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (SCHeLTI): a multicentre, cluster-randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial of a multifaceted community-family-mother-child intervention to prevent childhood overweight and obesity

Wu Y, Marc I, Bouchard L, et al.

BMJ Open

April 2021

Perinatal outcomes of neonates born from different endometrial preparation protocols after frozen embryo transfer: a retrospective cohort study

Li C, He YC, Xu JJ, et al.

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

March 2021

Breastfeeding duration in infancy and dietary intake in childhood and adolescence

Kheir F, Feeley N, Maximova K, et al.

Appetite

March 2021

Early Prediction of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the Chinese Population via Advanced Machine Learning

Wu YT, Zhang CJ, Mol BW, et al.

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

February 2021

Protocol for a cluster randomised trial evaluating a multifaceted intervention starting preconceptionally-Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN): a Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Study

Kumaran K, Krishnaveni GV, Gavali Suryanarayana K, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021

Helti Canada Protocol for a randomised trial evaluating a preconception-early childhood telephone-based intervention with tailored e-health resources for women and their partners to optimise growth and development among children in Canada: A Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI Canada)

Dennis CL, Marini FC, Abbass-Dick J, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021

Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Preconception Health Knowledge Questionnaire

Cairncross Z, Dennis CL, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

American Journal of Health Promotion

February 2021

Physical Activity Levels, Food Insecurity and Dietary Behaviours in Women from Soweto, South Africa

Prioreschi A, Wrottesley SV, Said-Mohamed R, et al.

Journal of Community Health

February 2021

Protocol for a cluster randomized trial evaluating a multi-faceted intervention starting preconceptually – Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN). A Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI) Study

Paquin C, Côté SM, Tremblay RE, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021

Protocol for a randomised trial evaluating a preconception-early childhood telephone-based intervention with tailored e-health resources for women and their partners to optimise growth and development among children in Canada: a Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI Canada)

Paquin C, Côté SM, Tremblay RE, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021

Protocol for a cluster randomised trial evaluating a multifaceted intervention starting preconceptionally-Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN): a Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Study

Kumaran K, Krishnaveni GV, Gavali Suryanarayana K, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021

Protocol for a randomised trial evaluating a preconception-early childhood telephone-based intervention with tailored e-health resources for women and their partners to optimise growth and development among children in Canada: A Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI Canada)

Dennis CL, Marini FC, Abbass-Dick J, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021

Study protocol for the Sino-Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (SCHeLTI): a multicentre, cluster-randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial of a multifaceted community-family-mother-child intervention to prevent childhood overweight and obesity

Wu Y, Marc I, Bouchard L, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021

Amylin receptor insensitivity impairs hypothalamic POMC neuron differentiation in the male offspring of maternal high-fat diet-fed mice

Li C, X JJ, Hu HT, et al.

Molecular Metabolism

February 2021

Abnormal Glucose Metabolism in Male Mice Offspring Conceived by in vitro Fertilization and Frozen-Thawed Embryo Transfer

Qin N, Zhou Z, Zhao W, et al.

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

January 2021

Association of high maternal triglyceride levels early and late in pregnancy with adverse outcomes: A retrospective cohort study

Xue RH, Wu DD, Zhou CL, et al.

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

January 2021

Associations between Maternal Sleep Quality Throughout Pregnancy and Newborn Birth Weight

Liu H, Li H, Li C, et al.

January 2021

Maternal high-fat-diet exposure is associated with elevated blood pressure and sustained increased leptin levels through epigenetic memory in offspring

Lin XH, Gao L, Tian S, et al.

Scientific Report

December 2020

The Association Between Isolated Maternal Hypothyroxinemia in Early Pregnancy and Preterm Birth

Yang X, Yu Y, Zhang C, et al.

Thyroid.

October 2020

Circulating levels of Elabela and Apelin in the second and third trimesters of pregnancies with gestational diabetes mellitus

Guo YY, Li T, Liu H, et al.

Gestational Diabetes

September 2020

Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Interconception Intervention Provided by Public Health Nurses

Ravindran S, Yoganathan S, Cairncross Z, et al.

Maternal and Child Health Journal

September 2020

A qualitative study reporting maternal perceptions of the importance of play for healthy growth and development in the first two years of life

Prioreschi A, Wrottesley SV*, Slemming W, Cohen E, Norris SA

BMC Pediatrics

September 2020

Use of REDCap in data collection and data management of birth cohort study

Ouyang F, Tayier R, Chen L, et al.

Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University

August 2020

Perinatal depressive and anxiety symptoms of pregnant women during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in China

Wu Y, Zhang C, Liu H, et al.

Am J Obstet Gynecol.

August 2020

Oocyte exposure to supraphysiological estradiol during ovarian stimulation increased the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes after frozen-thawed embryo transfer: a retrospective cohort study

Duan CC, Li C, He YC, et al.

JDOHaD

July 2020

Pilot implementation of Bukhali: A preconception health trial in South Africa

Draper CE, Prioreschi A, Ware LJ, Lye S, Norris SA

SAGE Open Medicine

June 2020

Long interpregnancy interval and adverse perinatal outcomes: A retrospective cohort study

Lin J, Liu H, W DD, et al.

Science China Life Sciences

April 2020

A maternal “mixed, high sugar” dietary pattern is associated with fetal growth

Wrottesley SV, Prioreschi A, Kehoe SH, et al.

Maternal and Child Nutrition

March 2020

Placental NEGR1 DNA methylation is associated with BMI and neurodevelopment in preschool-age children

Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, Huddle K, et al.

Epigenetics

March 2020

Association between higher levels of serum estradiol and elevated levels of fibrin (fibrinogen) degradation products in late pregnancy following assisted reproductive technology treatment

Li C, Su YF, Jin L, et al.

Thromb Res.

March 2020

Increased Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Associated With Stage 1 Hypertension in a Low-Risk Cohort: Evidence From 47 874 Cases

Wu DD, Gao L, Huang O, et al.

Hypertension

February 2020

Aim2Be mHealth intervention for children with overweight and obesity: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Mâsse LC, Vlaar J, Macdonald J, et al.

Trials

February 2020

Attitudes and perceptions among urban South Africans towards sugar-sweetened beverages and taxation

Bosire EN, Stacey N, Mukoma G, et al.

Public Health Nutrition

February 2020

Understanding how maternal social and biological factors are related to fetal growth in an urban South African cohort

Prioreschi A, Wrottesley SV, Said-Mohamed R, et al.

Journal of Development Origins of Health and Disease

February 2020

Adjusting Haemoglobin Values for Altitude Maximizes Combined Sensitivity and Specificity to
Detect Iron Deficiency among Women of Reproductive Age in Johannesburg, South Africa

Silubonde TM, Baumgartner J, Ware LJ, et al.

Nutrients

February 2020

The casein kinase 2α promotes the occurrence polycystic ovary syndrome

Yu CJ, Liu X, Zhou ZY, et al.

BBRC

February 2020

MiR-3940-5p promotes granulosa cell proliferation through targeting KCNA5 in polycystic ovarian syndrome

Gao L, Wu DD, Wu Y, et al.

BBRC

February 2020

Diet quality during preconception or pregnancy and gestational weight gain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yu Y, Hardy I, Sun W, et al.

BMJ Open

January 2020

Maternal and neonatal outcomes following the introduction of oral hypoglycaemic agents for gestational diabetes mellitus were comparable to insulin monotherapy in two historical cohorts

Nicolaou V, Soepnel LM, Huddle K, et al.

South African Medical Journal

January 2020

Maternal depressive symptoms and children’s cognitive development: Does early childcare and child’s sex matter?

Paquin C, Côté SM, Tremblay RE, et al.

PLoS One

December 2019

Maternal and neonatal outcomes following a diabetic pregnancy within the context of HIV

Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, Huddle K, et al.

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

November 2019

Material and relational difficulties: The impact of the household environment on the emotional wellbeing of young black women living in Soweto, South Africa

Cohen E, Ware LJ, Norris SA, et al.

Journal of Family Issues

September 2019

Environmental, Social, and Structural Constraints for Health Behavior: Perceptions of Young Urban Black Women During the Preconception Period – A Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative

Ware LJ, Prioreschi A, Bosire E, et al.

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

July 2019

Measurement of preconception health knowledge: A systematic review

Cairncross Z, Ravindran S, Yoganathan S, et al.

American Journal of Health Promotion

June 2019

Early-life undernutrition reprograms CD4+ T-cell glycolysis and epigenetics to facilitate asthma

Chen X, Lin H, Yang D, et al.

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

April 2019

Reliability of anthropometric measurement of young children with parent involvement

Rae S, Pullenayegum E, Ong F, et al.

BMC Medical Research Methodology

April 2019

Maternal High Triglyceride Levels During Early Pregnancy and Risk of Preterm Delivery: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Lin XH, Wu DD, Li C, et al.

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

March 2019

Measurement of Preconception Health Knowledge: A Systematic Review

Cairncross ZF, Ravindran S, Yoganathan S, et al.

American Journal of Health Promotion

March 2019

Prenatal determinants of childhood obesity: a review of risk factors

Liao XP, Yu Y, Marc I, et al.

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

March 2019

Urban young women’s preferences for intervention strategies to promote physical and mental health preconception: A Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI

Draper CE, Bosire E, Prioreschi A, et al.

Preventive Medicine Reports

February 2019

Frequency and risk factors for recurrent gestational diabetes mellitus in primiparous women: a case control study

Wang YY, Li C, Lin J, et al.

BMC Endocrine Disorders

February 2019

Mechanism underlying the retarded nuclear translocation of androgen receptor splice variants

Liu Y, Wang Y, Wang F, et al.

Science China Life Sciences

November 2018

Diet-Induced Paternal Obesity Impairs Cognitive Function in Offspring by Mediating Epigenetic Modifications in Spermatozoa

Zhou Y, Zhu H, Wu HY, et al.

Obesity

October 2018

Cord blood insulin, IGF-I, IGF-II, leptin, adiponectin and ghrelin, and their associations with insulin sensitivity, β-cell function and adiposity in infancy

Zhang DL, Du Q, Djemli A, et al.

Diabetic Medicine

July 2018

Novel distance-progesterone-combined selection approach improves human sperm quality

Li K, Li R, Ni Y, et al.

Journal of Translational Medicine

June 2018

Association between first caesarean delivery and adverse outcomes in subsequent pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study

Hu HT, Xu JJ, Lin J, et al.

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

June 2018

Outcomes of neonates born following transfers of frozen-thawed cleavage-stage embryos with blastomere loss: a prospective, multicenter, cohort study

Wu YT, Li C, Zhu YM, et al.

BMC Medicine

January 2018

Down-regulation of miR-378a-3p induces decidual cell apoptosis: a possible mechanism for early pregnancy loss

Hong L, Yu T, Xu H, et al.

Human Reproduction

January 2018

Prenatal High Estradiol Exposure Induces Sex-Specific and Dietarily Reversible Insulin Resistance Through Decreased Hypothalamic INSR

Wang HH, Zhou CL, Lv M, et al.

Endocrinology

November 2017

Preconception health interventions delivered in public health and community settings: A systematic review

Brown H, Mueller M, Edwards S, et al.

Canadian Journal of Public Health

November 2017

Reduced alternative splicing of estrogen receptor alpha in the endometrium of women with endometriosis

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Oncotarget

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The Obesity-Fertility Protocol: a randomized controlled trial assessing clinical outcomes and costs of a transferable interdisciplinary lifestyle intervention, before and during pregnancy, in obese infertile women

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BMC Obesity