| Links
to European Groupings |
| EU Childhood Obesity Programme |
FP5
project about childhood obesity, formerly known as “CHOPIN”. (Part
of the Infant Nutrition Cluster) |
| TRIGR |
FP5
project about prevention of type 1 diabetes melitus (Part
of the Infant Nutrition Cluster) |
| NuHeal |
“Nutraceuticals
for a Healthier Life: n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and
5-Methyl-tetra-hydro-folate” |
| Early Nutrition Conference |
A conference/workshop, organised by the Infant
Nutrition Cluster, on “Early nutrition and its later consequences:
New opportunities ” |
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| Lipid
sites |
| EuroFedLipid |
The
European Federation for the Science and Technology of Lipids (Euro
Fed Lipid) |
| ICBL |
The
International Conference on the Biosciences of Lipids |
| Lipid
Bank |
A
Japanese database of lipids |
| ISFR |
International
Society for Fat Research: everything from oil sources to nutrition
to industrial applications |
| Lipid
Analysis Unit |
Run
by the Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee. It contains much
information on lipid analysis and a “lipid
library”. |
| Neurobiology of Lipids |
Access to the online journal |
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| Placenta
sites |
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IFPA |
International
Federation for Placenta Associations |
| Placenta |
Placenta
is the international forum providing up to the minute information
on all scientific and clinical investigations pertaining
to placental
research and their applications. Abstracts available here
– click
on "latest issue" or "previous issues" in the
CONTENTS box. |
| Trophoblast
Research |
publishes
contributions concerning the placenta and extra-embryonic membranes
as they relate to embryonic and foetal development and to
trophoblastic
neoplasia. |
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| Intrauterine
and postnatal growth and development |
| IUGR
(Medline plus) |
Intrauterine
growth restriction (includes ultrasonic scans) |
| Prenatal
Development |
Easy
to follow guide to prenatal and neonatal development |
| Neonatal
health |
Child
and adolescent health and development |
| Biology
of the Neonate |
Abstracts
of articles of the Journal dating back to 1998 are
available here |
| Human
Reproduction |
Abstracts
of articles availble here |
| Frontiers in Fetal Health |
A Scientific Journal anout foetal medicine: scroll
to the bottom toget access to the articles |
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| Nutrition
during Pregnancy and Lactation |
| USDA
Bibliography |
List
of reading covering “Nutrition during Pregnancy and
Breastfeeding” |
| HealthPro |
Proceedings
of a symposium on “Nutrition in Pregnancy and Early
Childhood” |
| FAO |
Potential
benefits of fish for maternal, foetal and neonatal
nutrition: a review
of the literature |
| 4women.gov |
Advice
on pregnancy and nutrition provided by the US Department
of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health |
| Baby Center |
Popular-style advice from an American perspective |
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| Neonatal
Care and Medicine |
| Neonatology on the Web |
A
neonatology and paediatrics site for professionals
containing many useful
links to other sites and lists of
current relevent publications |
| French
Society of Perinatal Medicine |
(SFMP,
in French) A professional medical society site that also has a
page
of good links to other
sites in French and in English |
| French
Paediatric Society |
(SFP)
As with the SFMP above, also with a page of links to paediatric societies (both French
and English language) and to other sites |
| ESPR |
European
Society for Pediatric Research |
| Pediasites |
Collection
of links, all in French |
| CIPAC |
Site of parents and professionals concerned with premature
births, in French |
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| Breastfeeding |
| The
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine |
“...a
worldwide organization of physicians dedicated to the promotion,
protection and support of
breastfeeding
and human lactation.” This
page allows you to navigate the site
and links to further sites are listed here |
| The
International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation |
is “dedicated to the promotion of
excellence in research and the dissemination of research findings
in the field
of human milk and lactation”. Choose “Links” or “Publications” from
the left-hand panel |
| Breastfeeding: additional reading |
The
link goes straight to a detailed article on “Unraveling the Mysteries
of Mother’s Milk” but other links are provided in the side-bar |
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| Others |
| Cholesterol and embryonic development |
NHLBI Working Group on the Role of Cholesterol and Lipids
in Embryonic Development and Congenital Disease |
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