#402: Prof. Leanne Redman – Pregnancy, Maternal Diet & Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity

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🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Prof. Leanne Redman is a Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology & Women’s Health, based at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. As the director of the Reproductive Endocrinology and Women’s Health Laboratory, she is focused on understanding the intergenerational transmission of obesity. She has published on maternal diet, preeclampsia, and gestational diabetes, amoung other issues. She and her colleagues are currently conducting a rigorous trial to determine the effects of a 6-month gestational intervention with calorie restriction and food provision to promote maternal weight maintenance and fat loss in 100 pregnant women with grades 2 and 3 obesity.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Sigma Nutrition Radio. I am your host, Danny Lennon. This is episode
0:19.9	402 of the podcast. You are very welcome. I am absolutely
0:25.6	delighted today to be joined by Professor Leanne Redmond, who is based at Pennington Biomedical
0:31.7	Research Center in Louisiana, where she is professor of reproductive endocrinology and women's health.
0:38.3	And there she has spent many years researching a variety of various health issues in women from
0:45.7	polycystic ovarian syndrome to gestational diabetes to issues that arise in pregnancy, such as preaclampsia,
0:53.7	and the impact of obesity on many of these
0:57.9	factors. And in recent times, her lab has also headed up a lot of fascinating work looking at the
1:05.0	intergenerational transmission of obesity and potential interventions that can be used to combat some of the negative
1:14.3	outcomes that we see. And so in this discussion, we're going to dive into a whole host of
1:19.1	fascinating topics that relate to the maternal diet during pregnancy and how that has implications
1:26.9	for health outcomes for both mother and baby.
1:30.4	So I think you're going to find some of this really, really interesting.
1:34.5	The show notes are over at sigmautrition.com slash episode 402.
1:40.9	If you go there, you'll be able to find transcripts to these episodes.
1:44.0	You'll be able to find links to any these episodes. You'll be able to find
1:44.5	links to any research papers we mentioned or any other resources that get mentioned throughout
1:50.0	this particular episode. And so with that, let's dive into this conversation with Professor
1:57.1	Leanne Redmond. So here we are, Professor Leanne Redmond.
2:04.9	So here we are, Professor Leanne Redmond.
2:06.9	Thank you so much for joining me on the podcast.
2:08.1	I'm so excited.
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