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Protocol For The Women And Their Children's Health (Watch) Study: A Cohort Of Pregnancy And Beyond, Alexis Hure, Clare Collins, Warwick B. Giles, Ian M. R Wright, Roger Smith
Protocol For The Women And Their Children's Health (Watch) Study: A Cohort Of Pregnancy And Beyond, Alexis Hure, Clare Collins, Warwick B. Giles, Ian M. R Wright, Roger Smith
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Background: The developmental origins of health and disease is a conceptual framework that helps explain the links between our early life exposures and later health outcomes, and is a burgeoning field of research. In this report, we describe the study protocol used in a prospective cohort of women recruited during pregnancy, with postnatal follow-up of the mothers and offspring. Methods: The Women And Their Children's Health (WATCH) cohort (n = 180 women) is being conducted at the John Hunter Hospital, Australia (from June 2006). Women attended study visits during pregnancy at 19, 24, 30, and 36 weeks' gestation. Postnatal follow-up …
Does A Low Glycaemic Index (Gi) Diet Cost More During Pregnancy?, Jane Cleary, Shelly Casey, Clare Hofsteede, Robert G. Moses, Marianna Milosavljevic, Jennie Brand-Miller
Does A Low Glycaemic Index (Gi) Diet Cost More During Pregnancy?, Jane Cleary, Shelly Casey, Clare Hofsteede, Robert G. Moses, Marianna Milosavljevic, Jennie Brand-Miller
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
The aim of this study was to examine the monetary cost of dietary change among pregnant women before and after receiving low glycaemic index (GI) dietary advice. The pregnant women in this study were a subgroup of participants in the Pregnancy and Glycaemic Index Outcomes (PREGGIO) study. Twenty women from the low GI dietary advice group, who had completed their pregnancies, were randomly chosen. All these women had completed three day food records at 12–16 weeks and again around 36 weeks of gestation. Consumer food prices were applied to recorded dietary intake data. The mean ± SD GI of the …