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24.01.2022 WHAT MATERNAL CHARACTERISTIC AFFECT THE HEALTH OF THE DEVELOPING FETUS THE MOST? Obesity Smoking Poor nutrition... Drinking alcohol Do comment !

24.01.2022 http://fivethirtyeight.com//pregnant-women-heres-one-less/

21.01.2022 Watch this for a graphic illustration of how smoking affects the unborn child remember, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING...

21.01.2022 From their first breath, each child born into the world is expected to live for a varying number of years, largely dependent on the country in which they are born. Life expectancy for a baby born in the United States is 81 years for females and 76 years for males...... yet if that child was born in India, she would only be expected to live to 65.5, and he to 62.7 years. On our own shores in Australia, our children are very fortunate to be born with life expectancies of 84.0 a...nd 79.5 years old for females and males respectively. But is country of birth the only factor? Going a little deeper reveals that, although born in Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls can only expect to live to 72.9 years and boys 67.2 years, 10 and 12 years less than the national life expectancy. There is no doubt that these facts are related to circumstances in the growth and life of the person, but our focus is on the development of the child before birth. Maternal health matters. How can we close the gap and achieve an equitable start in life for children globally? For more updated info check out our blog- http://maternalhealthmatters2014.blogspot.com.au/

18.01.2022 Should drinking be criminalized? http://www.abc.net.au//research-groups-oppose-nt-p/5322814

17.01.2022 Is this enough? http://ehealth.eletsonline.com//india-spends-least-on-hea/

17.01.2022 What do you think? SHOULD DRINKING ALCOHOL WHEN PREGNANT BE AN ILLEGAL OFFENCE? Absolutely!... No, it is an infrigement upon the mothers liberties. Perhaps, I don't know enough about the subject. This is not a feasible option as alcohol has an addictive neurobiological profile, as a result women suffering from alcohol addiction would be targeted unfairly.

16.01.2022 The homefront - Australia On our own shores, the issues within maternal health range from smoking and drinking alcohol during pregnancy to access to maternal health care, maternal obesity and the age of mothers. Each of these issues represent modifiable risk factors in giving each child the best possible start in life. These risk factors vary significantly across the nation, with notable inequities between urban and rural populations. Did you know? Rural Australian’s are 1.2...4 times more likely to be daily smokers and 1.15 times more likely to be overweight and obese? And the figures challenges facing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations are even greater. Additionally, as a developed country with significantly increased prevalence of lifestyle related disease, Australia has seen the beginnings of the next serious issue in maternal health care - maternal obesity. Did you know? In 2011, 20.5% of Australian women who gave birth were obese.

15.01.2022 Is obesity really an issue during pregnancy? http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3672988.htm

09.01.2022 Obesity is potentially the greatest modifiable risk factor for affecting the development of the fetus in high-income countries The proportion of obese mothers in high income countries like Australia and the US are increasing.. In the US the proportion of women who were obese increased by almost 50 % during the nineties. ... 60% of pregnant women in South Australia in 2008 were obese! In some countries prepregnancy obesity has tripled over the last decade. Still birth risk is twice that of normal-weight women! MATERNAL OBESITY DOESN’T JUST CAUSE HEALTH COMPLICATIONS FOR THE MOTHER BUT ALSO LIFELONG CONSEQUENCES TO THE GROWING FETUS!!! So how does obesity affect the development of the fetus? Maternal obesity in the first trimester significantly increases the risk of obesity in offspring in later life 4. In fact the EVIDENCE IS CLEAR that it is not only the obese physical state of the mother but OVERNUTRITION of the fetus at crucial developmental milestones that affects the unborn child. It is thought that as the fetus attempts to adapt to the influx of macronutrients, particularly fats and sugars from the mother, causes permanent alterations in weight controlling mechanisms of the fetal body like the hypothalamus, and pancreatic inlet cells 5. Such changes significantly increase the risk of the offspring becoming obese, suffering from hypertension and developing type 2 diabetes in later life .WHAT MOTHERS EAT MAY AFFECT THEIR CHILDRENS HEALTH STATUS AS ADULTS Welcome to the developmental nutrition hypothesis.. This hypothesis outlines the impact of diet during pregnancy on the health outcomes of the fetus in later life. So on the other side of the scale.. There are also increased risks of neural tube defects in developing fetuses of obese women. It is thought that the nutritional requirements to maintain an obese body may result in deficiencies of micronutrients to the growing fetus particularly if the mother is not eating a well-balanced diet. The ability for a mother to dramatically alter the outcomes for her offspring will be examined in further detail in a related post. THERE IS HOPE!

08.01.2022 Who are we advocating for? The unborn child Problem - The fate of the unborn child is significantly influenced by modifiable behaviours of the mother. These outcomes lie on a spectrum from still birth to life long health consequences. Despite medical advances for causation in this area, poor health outcomes of children remain globally. Aim - To provide children with the best biological start in life by raising awareness of the importance of maternal health.... Every child deserves an equitable start in life. This starts before birth. Maternal health matters.

06.01.2022 And we are not the only ones concerned... http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/maternal.shtml

03.01.2022 Smoking and Pregnancy.... What are the facts? "There is no safe level of smoking during pregnancy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1buyzgphzmM

02.01.2022 We need to protect the unborn child ! http://www.abc.net.au//nt-government-considering-r/5320016