Obesity, Hormones, and Metabolic Complications in Pregnancy
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 87
Special Issue Editors
Interests: obesity; childhood obesity; pregnancy; neonatal health; oxidative stress; inflammation; cardiometabolic diseases
Interests: obesity; bioactive compounds; lipid metabolism; oxidative stress; inflammation; cardiovascular diseases; high-density lipoproteins
Interests: neuroendocrinology; fertility; reproduction; insulin; leptin; hypothalamus; POMC; AgRP; obesity; mice
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Obesity remains a pressing global health concern, posing significant challenges to healthcare systems worldwide. Pre-pregnancy obesity and gestational weight gain are critical factors that play a pivotal role in modulating hormonal changes, thereby compromising gestational health. The activation of signaling pathways due to hormonal dysregulation can exacerbate oxidative stress, inflammation, and metabolic complications during pregnancy. Furthermore, gestational complications can have a profound impact on the health of the newborn and the development of childhood obesity.
This Special Issue will publish studies focused on obesity during pregnancy, gestational weight gain, hormonal involvement, the mechanisms behind oxidative stress and inflammation, the development of metabolic disease during pregnancy, and effects on newborn health, neonatal complications, and childhood obesity.
Dr. Angélica Saraí Jiménez-Osorio
Dr. Diego Estrada-Luna
Prof. Dr. Jennifer W. Hill
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- obesity
- gestational weight gain
- hormones
- oxidative stress
- inflammation
- metabolic complications of pregnancy
- neonatal complications
- childhood obesity
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