...Roselle L. Cripps; Malgorzata S. Martin-Gronert; Zoe A. Archer; C. Nick Hales; Julian G. Mercer; Susan E. Ozanne Epidemiological studies show a link between low birthweight and increased obesity. In contrast, slow growth during the lactation period reduces obesity risk. The present study...

...Niels Kolthoff; PIA Eiken; Bent Kristensen; Stig Pors Nielsen 1. The influence of pregnancy, lactation and weaning on bone mineral density in healthy women was investigated during a 2 year prospective study of 59 pregnant and lactating women from the 18th week of gestation. 2. Bone mineral density...

... and the maximum values were observed in lactation. CCPR and absorption were significantly correlated ( P < 0.001) with each other. There was a significant ( P < 0.001) correlation between both CCPR and absorption and dry weight of the intestinal segment studies with food intake. Body weight was a poor...

...A. M. Prentice; W. H. Lamb; Ann Prentice; W. A. Coward 1. The effects of dehydration on mechanisms of water balance and milk synthesis were investigated in ten lactating Gambian women who were fasting during Ramadan. Ten non-pregnant, non-lactating women acted as controls. Fasting consisted...

...Elwyn Elias; R. H. Dowling 1. To study the relative contributions of luminal nutrition, bile and pancreatic secretions and hormonal factors in intestinal adaptation, lactation hyperphagia was chosen as a model for increased luminal nutrition, either alone (intestinal transection control group...

... accustomed to a low calcium intake and to numerous pregnancies and long lactations, suffer from calcium deficiency. The problem of whether the high recommended allowances of calcium during these periods confer a clinically detectable benefit requires re-examination. 8 6 1971 © 1972...