Obesity during pregnancy and fetal iron status: is Hepcidin the link?

Sharply higher rates of iron deficiency in obese Mexican women and children are predicted by obesity-related inflammation rather than by differences in dietary iron intake

(2011) Ana C Cepeda-Lopez et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Hemojuvelin: A New Link Between Obesity and Iron Homeostasis

(2011) Nathalie Luciani et al.   Obesity

Cord blood iron profile and breast milk micronutrients in maternal iron deficiency anemia

(2011) Rania Ali El-Farrash et al.   PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER

Maternal serum hepcidin is low at term and independent of cord blood iron status

(2010) Mari Rehu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY

Hepcidin and iron species distribution inside the first-trimester human gestational sac

(2010) P. Evans et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Maternal overweight before pregnancy and asthma in offspring followed for 8 years

(2009) S Scholtens et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Elevated Systemic Hepcidin and Iron Depletion in Obese Premenopausal Females

(2009) Lisa M. Tussing-Humphreys et al.   Obesity

Iron deficiency and infant motor development

(2008) Tal Shafir et al.   EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Obesity in Pregnancy Stimulates Macrophage Accumulation and Inflammation in the Placenta

(2008) J.C. Challier et al.   PLACENTA

Obesity-Related Hypoferremia Is Not Explained by Differences in Reported Intake of Heme and Nonheme Iron or Intake of Dietary Factors that Can Affect Iron Absorption

(2007) Carolyn M. Menzie et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION