December 2021
Physical activity and sedentary behaviours during pregnancy are associated with neonatal size at birth

 

Prioreschi A, Wrottesley SV, Norris SA

The South African Journal of Child Health

December 2021
Selecting and Evaluating Mobile Health Apps for the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative: Development of the eHealth Resource Checklist

 

Vanderloo LM, Carsley S, Agarwal P, et al.

JMIR Medhealth and Uhealth

December 2021
Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes With Levothyroxine Treatment in Women With Subclinical Hypothyroidism Based on New Diagnostic Criteria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

 

Ding Z, Liu Y, Maraka S, et al.

Front Endocrinol 

November 2021
Describing 24-hour movement behaviours among preconception and recently pregnant Canadian parents: who do we need to target?

 

Dennis CL, Birken C, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

October 2021
Striving for evidence-based health care with eHealth and technology in a time of half-truths and disinformation

 

Dol J, Dennis CL

JBI Evidence Synthesis

October 2021
Anxiety and depression-like behaviours are more frequent in aged male mice conceived by ART compared with natural conception

 

Qin NX, Zhao R, Shi WH, et al

Reproduction

September 2021
Determinants of Anaemia Among Women of Reproductive Age In South Africa: A Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)
Silubonde TM, Smuts CM, Ware LJ, et al.

PLoS One

September 2021
Social vulnerability, parity and food insecurity in urban African young women: The Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Study

 

Ware L, Lim A, Prioreschi A, et al.

Journal of Public Health Policy

August 2021
Observations of the Effects of Maternal Fasting Plasma Glucose Changes in Early Pregnancy on Fetal Growth Profiles and Birth Outcomes.

 

Wu Y, Ma X, Fraser WD, et al.

Frontiers in Endocrinology

August 2021
Maternal perspectives on infant feeding practices in Soweto, South Africa

 

Wrottesley SV*, Prioreschi A, Slemming W, et al.

Public Health and Nutrition

August 2021
Comprehensive non-invasive prenatal screening for pregnancies with elevated risks of genetic disorders: protocol for a prospective, multicentre study

 

Xu C, Cai X, Chen SC, et al.

BMJ Open

August 2021
Effect of an individualised nutritional intervention on gestational diabetes mellitus prevention in a high-risk population screened by a prediction model: study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial

 

Zhang C, Wang L, Sun W, et al.

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

July 2021
Association Between Paternal Age and Birth Weight in Preterm and Full-Term Birth: A Retrospective Study

 

Mao Y, Zheng C, Wang Y, et al.

Front Endocrinol

July 2021
Comparison of Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiles of Human Fetal Tissues Conceived by in vitro Fertilization and Natural Conception

 

Liu Y, Li X, Chen SC, et al.

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

July 2021
Integrative Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Fetal Thymocyte Development

 

Li Y, Zeng W, Li T, et al.

Frontiers in Genetics

July 2021
Application of the RCOG Risk Assessment Model for Evaluating Postpartum Venous Thromboembolism in Chinese Women: A Case-Control Study

 

Ge YZ, Zhang C, Ca YQ, et al.

Medical Science Monitor

May 2021
Obesity and adiposity of 3- to 6-year-old children born to mothers with hyperglycemia first detected in pregnancy in an urban South African setting

 

Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, Slater C, et al.

Annals of Human Biology

May 2021
Food insecurity, diet quality and body composition: data from the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative pilot survey in urban Soweto, South Africa. Public Health Nutrition

 

Kehoe S, Wrottesley S*, Prioreschi A, Ware L, et al.

Public Health Nutrition

May 2021
Effects of acute ambient pollution exposure on preterm prelabor rupture of membranes: A time-series analysis in Shanghai, China

 

Li C, X JJ, He YC, et al.

Environmental Pollution

April 2021
Identifying priorities for practice improvement related to breastfeeding support in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Medellin, Colombia.

 

González de Armas A, Ochoa Marin SC, Semenic S, et al.

Journal of Neonatal Nursing

April 2021
Study protocol for the Sino- Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (SCHeLTI): a multicentre, cluster-randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial of a multifaceted community-family-mother-child intervention to prevent childhood overweight and obesity

 

Wu Y, Marc I, Bouchard L, et al.

BMJ Open

April 2021
The association between fetal growth and neonatal adiposity in urban South African infants

 

Wrottesley SV, Prioreschi A, Norris SA, et al.

Pediatric Obesity

April 2021
Young women’s perceptions of life in urban South Africa: Contextualising the preconception knowledge gap

 

Bosire EN, Ware LJ, Draper C, et al.

African Journal of Reproductive Health

April 2021
Caregivers’ perceptions, challenges and service needs related to tackling childhood overweight and obesity: a qualitative study in three districts of Shanghai, China

 

Wu Y, Ma X, Fraser WD, et al.

BMC Public Health

April 2021
Adverse Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Women With Elevated Intrapartum Temperature Complicated by Histological Chorioamnionitis at Term: A Propensity-Score Matched Study

 

Ge YZ, Zhang C, Cai Y, et al.

Frontiers in Pediatrics

April 2021
Association between gestational anemia in different trimesters and neonatal outcomes: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study

 

Sun CF, Liu H, Hao YH, et al.

World Journal of Pediatrics

April 2021
Study protocol for the Sino-Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (SCHeLTI): a multicentre, cluster-randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial of a multifaceted community-family-mother-child intervention to prevent childhood overweight and obesity

 

Wu Y, Marc I, Bouchard L, et al.

BMJ Open

April 2021
Perinatal outcomes of neonates born from different endometrial preparation protocols after frozen embryo transfer: a retrospective cohort study

 

Li C, He YC, Xu JJ, et al.

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

March 2021
Breastfeeding duration in infancy and dietary intake in childhood and adolescence

 

Kheir F, Feeley N, Maximova K, et al.

Appetite

March 2021
Early Prediction of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the Chinese Population via Advanced Machine Learning

 

Wu YT, Zhang CJ, Mol BW, et al.

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

February 2021
Protocol for a cluster randomised trial evaluating a multifaceted intervention starting preconceptionally-Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN): a Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Study

 

Kumaran K, Krishnaveni GV, Gavali Suryanarayana K, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021
Helti Canada Protocol for a randomised trial evaluating a preconception-early childhood telephone-based intervention with tailored e-health resources for women and their partners to optimise growth and development among children in Canada: A Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI Canada)

 

Dennis CL, Marini FC, Abbass-Dick J, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Preconception Health Knowledge Questionnaire

 

Cairncross Z, Dennis CL, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

American Journal of Health Promotion

February 2021
Physical Activity Levels, Food Insecurity and Dietary Behaviours in Women from Soweto, South Africa

 

Prioreschi A, Wrottesley SV, Said-Mohamed R, et al.

Journal of Community Health

February 2021
Protocol for a cluster randomized trial evaluating a multi-faceted intervention starting preconceptually – Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN). A Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI) Study

 

Paquin C, Côté SM, Tremblay RE, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021
Protocol for a randomised trial evaluating a preconception-early childhood telephone-based intervention with tailored e-health resources for women and their partners to optimise growth and development among children in Canada: a Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI Canada)

 

Paquin C, Côté SM, Tremblay RE, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021
Amylin receptor insensitivity impairs hypothalamic POMC neuron differentiation in the male offspring of maternal high-fat diet-fed mice

 

Li C, X JJ, Hu HT, et al.

Molecular Metabolism

February 2021
Abnormal Glucose Metabolism in Male Mice Offspring Conceived by in vitro Fertilization and Frozen-Thawed Embryo Transfer

 

Qin N, Zhou Z, Zhao W, et al.

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

January 2021
Association of high maternal triglyceride levels early and late in pregnancy with adverse outcomes: A retrospective cohort study

 

Xue RH, Wu DD, Zhou CL, et al.

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

January 2021
Associations between Maternal Sleep Quality Throughout Pregnancy and Newborn Birth Weight

 

Liu H, Li H, Li C, et al.

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

January 2021
Maternal high-fat-diet exposure is associated with elevated blood pressure and sustained increased leptin levels through epigenetic memory in offspring

 

Lin XH, Gao L, Tian S, et al.

Scientific Report