Maternal Distress during Pregnancy and Offspring Childhood Overweight

• Main Authors: Katja Glejsted Ingstrup (Author), Camilla Schou Andersen (Author), Teresa Adeltoft Ajslev (Author), Pernille Pedersen (Author), Thorkild I. A. Sørensen (Author), Ellen A. Nohr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Maternal distress during pregnancy increases the intrauterine level of glucocorticoids, which may have long-term health consequences for the child. Objective. To examine if distress as a combined measure of anxiety, depression, and stress of the mother during pregnancy was associated wit...