The effect of smoking tobacco on neonatal body composition
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Decreased infant birth weights in women who smoke during pregnancy may be the result of a decrease in mass not associated with fat accumulation. Body measurements and total body electrical conductivity analysis, used to estimate fat-free mass, were performed on 30 infants born to women who smoked and 99 babies born to nonsmokers. Birth weights of the infants of smokers were significantly lower, mostly due to a decrease in fat-free mass. Fat mass was similar between the infants, but those born to smokers had decreased lengths, especially of the lower extremities.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1997
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Longitudinal changes in body composition and energy balance in lean women with normal and abnormal glucose tolerance during pregnancy
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The wide variation in energy expenditure seen in pregnant women could result from the fact that women with abnormal glucose tolerance may use less energy. This was demonstrated by a study that measured body composition, energy expenditure and insulin sensitivity in six pregnant women with normal glucose tolerance and 10 pregnant women with abnormal glucose tolerance. Throughout their pregnancy, the women with abnormal glucose tolerance created less fat tissue and used less energy compared to the women with normal glucose tolerance.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1998
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