Effects of a walk in a residential natural vs. urban environment on objective and subjective stress indicators in mothers and their infants DOI Open Access
Sonja Sudimac, Johanna Drewelies, Carolina de Weerth

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Published: Jan. 25, 2024

Despite growing evidence that nature positively influences mood and stress, its effects on young children, especially infants, are not well-understood. To explore this, we conducted an intervention study with 72 mother-infant dyads. Mothers their infants went two walks, one in a natural the other urban residential environment. We assessed of walks both subjective physiological stress indicators, including maternal self-reported levels, salivary cortisol mothers levels mothers’ breast milk.No significant interaction was found between time environment objective indicators. However, decrease concentrations during environments observed, suggesting walking itself may have decreased cortisol. Exploratory results showed continued to up hour following walk environment, but after hinting at beneficial stress-relieving compared later timepoint. Self-reported assessments also revealed reduction environments, accompanied by heightened feelings pleasantness calmness. Moreover, nature, experienced increase valence wakefulness, while arousal (though no interactions were found).These present findings indicate versus do differ how they affect indicators infants. Additional exploratory analyses suggest for result stress-relief, these potentially manifesting delay. This advances our knowledge environmental factors influence which can guide design policies aimed enhancing mental health specific populations age groups.

Language: Английский

Prenatal maternal stress: triangulating evidence for intrauterine exposure effects on birth and early childhood outcomes across multiple approaches DOI Creative Commons
Ingunn Olea Lund, Laurie J. Hannigan, Helga Ask

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BMC Medicine, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 23(1)

Published: Jan. 21, 2025

Language: Английский

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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Maternal Mental Health and Early Childhood Development DOI Open Access
Bonnie D. Kerker, Erica Willheim, Janne Weis

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American Journal of Health Promotion, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 37(2), P. 265 - 269

Published: Jan. 16, 2023

Women are particularly susceptible to mental health challenges during the perinatal period. With onset of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, much concern was raised about impact that associated isolation, uncertainty, grief, loss and economic upheaval would have on health. experienced a disproportionate amount environmental strain this time, including stress with being essential workers; stressors were perhaps most prevalent communities color immigrant groups. For women who pregnant height pandemic, it is clear stress, anxiety, depression increased due changes medical care decreases social support. Increased period been shown social-emotional, cognitive behavioral infants children, so potential consequences era great. This paper discusses these impacts describes important pathways for future research.

Language: Английский

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Nighttime eating during pregnancy and infant adiposity at 6 months of life DOI Creative Commons
Ameyalli M. Rodríguez-Cano,

Berenice Medel-Canchola,

Isabel González-Ludlow

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Frontiers in Nutrition, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: July 10, 2024

Chrononutrition studies the relation between diet, circadian rhythms and metabolism, which may alter metabolic intrauterine environment, influencing infant fat-mass (FM) development possibly increasing obesity risk.

Language: Английский

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Martial law in Ukraine as a risk factor for gestational disorders DOI Creative Commons
Л. Б. Маркін, M Malachynska, О.О. Коrytko

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY (Ukraine), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 21(2), P. 237 - 240

Published: April 1, 2025

The war in Ukraine brings new challenges to primary care and mental health services all over Europe. Although for most European citizens, the date of outburst is February 24, 2022, Ukraine, with consequences civil population, including pregnant postpartum women, started 2014. A study conducted 2016 demonstrated that 34.8 % women displaced internally had post-traumatic stress disorder. Another showed an increased risk reactive personal anxiety, depressive manifestations, autonomic dysfunction, insomnia, premature termination pregnancy among war-affected population. Pregnant who have been forced relocate within their own country report levels (by 3.3 times) 2.6 anxiety compared were not displaced. However, date, there are no publications on changes mothers newborn children during full-scale Ukraine. Stress can be toxic influence related disease may associated instrumental deliveries, medical psychiatric diseases. It recognized has lifelong detrimental offspring. intrauterine period life a time major susceptibility developing embryos fetuses. Future studies should investigate potential associations between maternal development both carefully operationalized include protective role resilience. In light relevant evidence, it recommended asked how stressed they feeling at every antenatal appointment, as well about coping strategies. Assessing contribute implementation tailored interventions aimed reducing it. Further needs done this topic help improve following generation.

Language: Английский

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Postnatal weight loss and exclusive breastfeeding in newborn DOI Creative Commons
Arezoo Haseli,

Marzieh Bagherinia,

lida menati

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BMC Pediatrics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 25(1)

Published: May 8, 2025

Despite global efforts to promote breastfeeding, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) has remained stagnant in recent decades. Identifying factors that influence EBF is crucial. Therefore, this study aimed investigate weight patterns and their association with newborns, specifically comparing infants without excessive loss. This retrospective, descriptive-analytical included 1101 healthy, singleton who attended health centers Kermanshah, Iran, between Nov Des 2024. All nutritional information infant from birth 2 years old were collected questionnaire. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistical methods analytical tests SPSS software at significance level less than 0.05. In study, medical records 1,101 analyzed. mean 3,282 g (SD = 393), gestational age 38.52 weeks 1.38). During first 3-5 days after birth, loss among 131 92), equivalent 4.01% ± 3.30% weight. Weight higher late preterm compared term (91.6% vs. 84.6%, r 0.233) cesarean deliveries vaginal (81.5% 71.4%, 0.455). Infants lost more 5% had a lower 24 months those ≤ (11,942 1,646 12,484 1,790 g; p < 0.001). Exclusive rates declined sharply > weight, dropping 97% during 3 59.3% by 6 months. contrast, relatively stable (57.8% 49.2% months). Greater early postnatal combined failure regain day 10 associated reduced duration two years. These findings suggest interventions minimize timely may improve long-term growth.

Language: Английский

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CHARACTERIZATION OF FEMALE UROLOGISTS’ PREGNANCY, PERINATAL AND BREASTFEEDING OUTCOMES DOI

Katelyn A. Spencer,

Tessa London-Bounds,

Will Cranford

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Urology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Synergistic effects of cardiovascular health and social isolation on adverse pregnancy outcomes DOI Creative Commons
Hisashi Ohseto, Mami Ishikuro, Geng Chen

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Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: May 29, 2025

Abstract Adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) affect approximately 20% pregnant women, and their incidence is increasing. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect cardiovascular health (CVH) during on APOs. We analyzed data from 14,930 women in Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth Three-Generation Cohort Study. CVH status assessed using eight components Life’s Essential 8. APOs were defined as composite encompassing preeclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus, preterm birth, small for age. numbers participants with high, moderate, low 2891 (19.4%), 11,498 (77.0%), 541 (3.6%), respectively. Poisson regression analyses robust error variance, which adjusted maternal age at conception, alcohol consumption, conception via vitro fertilization, parity, psychological distress, social isolation, household income, showed a positive association between moderate levels (risk ratio 95% confidence interval 1.15 [1.03–1.28] 2.14 [1.78–2.58], respectively). Among CVH, those who reported isolation had higher prevalence than did without (36.4% vs. 27.4%). This difference attenuated high (13.6% 13.1%). In conclusion, may be useful assessing risk Socially isolated are more vulnerable effects status.

Language: Английский

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Obesity in pregnancy—Long‐term effects on offspring hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal axis and associations with placental cortisol metabolism: A systematic review DOI Creative Commons
Tabia Volqvartz, H. H. Andersen, Lars Henning Pedersen

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European Journal of Neuroscience, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 58(11), P. 4393 - 4422

Published: Nov. 16, 2023

Abstract Obesity, affecting one in three pregnant women worldwide, is not only a major obstetric risk factor. The resulting low‐grade inflammation may have long‐term impact on the offspring's HPA axis through dysregulation of maternal, placental and fetal corticosteroid metabolism, children born obese mothers increased diabetes cardiovascular disease. effects maternal obesity offspring neurodevelopment are, however, undetermined could depend specific cortisol metabolism. This systematic review evaluates how affects metabolism axis. Pubmed, Embase Scopus were searched for original studies BMI, obesity, transfer. Fifteen included after screening 4556 identified records. Studies small with heterogeneous exposures outcomes. Two found that reduced HSD11β2 activity. In study, umbilical cord blood levels affected by BMI. studies, an altered response was consistently seen among childhood ( n = 2) or adulthood 1). Maternal BMI associated HSD11β1 mRNA expression, methylation. conclusion, high activity dampened level offspring, but data sparse. Further investigations are needed to clarify whether prenatal factors including investigate if adverse can be ameliorated optimising intrauterine environment.

Language: Английский

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Editorial: The bio-psycho-social approach to understanding mental disorders DOI Creative Commons

Lu Hua Chen,

Wilbert Law, Dorita H. F. Chang

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Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14

Published: June 15, 2023

EDITORIAL article Front. Psychol., 15 June 2023Sec. Psychology for Clinical Settings Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1225433

Language: Английский

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Current Understanding of the Roles of Gut–Brain Axis in the Cognitive Deficits Caused by Perinatal Stress Exposure DOI Creative Commons
Mara Roxana Rubinstein, Adriana L. Burgueño, Sofía Quiroga

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Cells, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 12(13), P. 1735 - 1735

Published: June 28, 2023

The term ‘perinatal environment’ refers to the period surrounding birth, which plays a crucial role in brain development. It has been suggested that dynamic communication between neuro–immune system and gut microbiota is essential maintaining adequate function. This interaction depends on mother’s status during pregnancy and/or newborn environment. Here, we show experimental clinical evidence indicates perinatal critical window stress-induced immune activation altered compositions produce lasting behavioral consequences, although clear causative relationship not yet established. In addition, discuss potential early treatments for preventing deleterious effect of stress exposure. this sense, environmental enrichment exposure (including exercise) melatonin use could be valuable improving negative consequences adversities. presented review encourages realization studies investigating beneficial administration mitigating cognitive alteration offspring under On other hand, direct restoration as main mechanism behind effects treatment fully demonstrated should explored future studies.

Language: Английский

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