Search for dissertations about: "omega 3 and pregnancy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words omega 3 and pregnancy.

  1. 1. Immune maturation and modulation in childhood allergies : Aspects of epigenetic, mucosal and systemic immune mediators in allergy development and prevention

    Author : Johanna Huoman; Maria Jenmalm; Lennart Nilsson; Petra Ina Pfefferle; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The prevalence of allergic diseases has in the past century increased among children in affluent societies. Underlying causes are incompletely disentangled, but decreased diversity in environmental and microbial exposures could drive allergy development. READ MORE

  2. 2. Early dietary exposure is associated with allergy development in the FARMFLORA birth cohort

    Author : Karin Jonsson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Breast milk; Allergy; Introduction of solids; Early life nutrition; Farm children; Dietary pattern; Serum; Dairy farm; Atopy; Fatty acid composition;

    Abstract : The allergy prevalence is markedly low in children growing up on farms. Contact with livestock and consumption of unpasteurized milk has been associated with allergy protection, although other elements in the environment may contribute. READ MORE

  3. 3. ELOVL2 and PUFA biosynthesis : Impact on sex-specific processes in mammals

    Author : Amanda González-Bengtsson; Anders Jacobsson; Christian Drevon; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; fysiologi; Physiology;

    Abstract : Endogenously synthesized PUFAs (Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids) vary in production depending on medical conditions, gender, developmental phase, age, fertility status, pregnancy and lactation. PUFA biosynthesis is further regulated via amount of dietary intake as well as genetically. READ MORE

  4. 4. Clinical and epidemiological aspects of obesity during pregnancy and the puerperium

    Author : Elisabeth Storck Lindholm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Anal sphincter tears;

    Abstract : Objective: To study different aspects of obesity during pregnancy, birth and the puerperium. Paper I is an intervention study of obese pregnant women. Paper II compares fatty acid (FA) patterns in breast milk and neonates ́ plasma phospholipids in normal-weight mothers and an intervention group of obese mothers. READ MORE

  5. 5. Lifestyle, dietary and environmental exposures in infancy and the development of allergic sensitization

    Author : Sara Fagerstedt Nilsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Allergy related diseases have increased in the Western world, affecting nearly half of the children. Lifestyle, dietary and environmental changes are thought to be important for disease risk and disease development. READ MORE