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ey0017.4-7 | New perspectives | ESPEYB17

4.7. Circulating insulin-like growth factor-1 is positively associated with growth and cognition in 6- to 9-year-old schoolchildren from Ghana

B Grenov , A Larnkjaer , R Lee , A Serena , C Molgaard , KF Michaelsen , MJ Manary

To read the full abstract: J Nutr. 2020 Jun1;150(6):1405–1412.There is increasing evidence that dairy milk positively affects linear growth, weight and body composition in children, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (1)(2). This effect of milk on growth has been proposed to be mediated by IGF-I (2), (3). The aim of this double-blinded, controlled trial was to evaluate the effect of milk supplements on circulating IGF-I and to...

ey0018.11-14 | New insight into preconceptional and prenatal programming | ESPEYB18

11.14. Lifestyle intervention in pregnant women with obesity impacts cord blood DNA methylation, which associates with body composition in the offspring

J Jonsson , KM Renault , S Garcia-Calzon , A Perfilyev , AC Estampador , K Norgaard , M Vendelbo Lind , A Vaag , L Hjort , KF Michaelsen , E Malchau Carlsen , PW Franks , C Ling

Diabetes 2021 Apr;70(4):854–866. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33431374/These authors performed a randomized trial of obese pregnant women (n=425) to investigate the effects of a pregnancy lifestyle intervention on epigenetic variations in umbilical cord blood, on neonatal body composition (DXA) and on offspring BMI in later life (up to 3 years). Offspring of mothers who re...