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Maternal nutrition, fetal growth, and preterm delivery: Nudging the science in the right directions

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 6:00 PM - 6:20 PM

Mary L. Hediger, PhD , Epidemiology Branch/Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, NICHD, NIH (Retired), Havertown, PA
Maternal nutrition and nutritional status affect fetal growth, preterm delivery, and infant growth and development. This is especially true for women who are vulnerable, including pregnant adolescents, minority women, women in low and middle-income countries, and women pregnant with twins. The presentation will discuss contributions and collaborations in these areas and how the science, with the ultimate goals of prevention and intervention, has developed in the last quarter century.

Learning Areas:

Epidemiology
Public health biology

Learning Objectives:
Identify how maternal nutrition and nutritional status have been found to play a role in fetal growth and preterm delivery and in subsequent infant growth and development. Describe the development of knowledge in these areas and how it will lead to public health programs for prevention and health care for intervention.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: My training is as a Human Biologist with concentrations in growth, development, and nutrition. I have been active in research for nearly 40 years collaborating and working on NIH-funded grants and intramural NIH projects in the areas of maternal nutrition, adolescent pregnancy, fetal growth, and subsequent infant and child growth and development. I am Past President of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research and have served on numerous expert committees and working groups.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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