##  [Maternal Nutrition–Fetal Programming Association](/maternal-nutrition-fetal-programming-association) 

  ##  [Maternal Nutrition–Fetal Programming Association](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/maternal-nutrition-fetal-programming-association-0) 

  

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Definition

The association whereby maternal nutritional exposures during pregnancy—covering macronutrient and micronutrient intake, energy balance, and extremes of undernutrition or overnutrition—influence fetal growth trajectories, organ development, and molecular regulatory processes (for example, placental function and epigenetic marks), thereby altering the probability distribution of offspring physiolog