Impact of Maternal Diet During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding on Infant Metabolic Programming

Impact of Maternal Diet During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding on Infant Metabolic Programming: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study”
Based on the article “Impact of Maternal Diet During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding on Infant Metabolic Programming: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study” (in attachment), answer the following questions.
1) What is the rationale behind this study?
2) What were the objectives of this research?
3) Describe the methodology for this study.
4) Summarize the results from this research.
5) What were the main conclusions of this study?
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Impact of maternal diet during pregnancy and
breastfeeding on infant metabolic programming:
a prospective randomized controlled study
J Aaltonen1,2, T Ojala2,3, K Laitinen1,4, T Poussa5, S Ozanne6 and E Isolauri2