Grant: Project Grant
McMaster University
$634,952.00
E-cigarette use during pregnancy: Impact on metabolic health of the offspring
FY 2017-18
Summary
About one in eight women in Canada smoke when they are pregnant. Research has shown that if a woman smokes during pregnancy her child has a higher chance of being overweight or obese. Being overweight as a child is linked with health problems such as diabetes and high blood pressure, so efforts to help women to quit smoking during pregnancy may help her children's future health. Most women find it hard to quit smoking, even when they are pregnant. Some pregnant women may use e-cigarettes to try to quit smoking. We don't know if this will also affect their children's weight. Using a mouse model, the goal of this study is to see if children whose mothers use e-cigarettes during pregnancy also have a higher risk of obesity.
Department
Program
Project Grant
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
370033
Name
Holloway Alison C
Region
Ontario
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Human Development, Child and Youth Health
Theme2
Biomedical
Prcname2
Clinical Investigation - A: Reproduction, Maternal, Child and Youth Health
Projecttitle
E-cigarette use during pregnancy: Impact on metabolic health of the offspring
Programtype2
Operating Grants
Orgnameinp2
McMaster University
Cihramount2
$634,952
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Project Grant
Keyworddelim
Dysmetabolism; E-Cigarettes; Early Life Origins Of Health; Maternal Smoking; Nicotine; Obesity
Abstract
About one in eight women in Canada smoke when they are pregnant. Research has shown that if a woman smokes during pregnancy her child has a higher chance of being overweight or obese. Being overweight as a child is linked with health problems such as diabetes and high blood pressure, so efforts to help women to quit smoking during pregnancy may help her children's future health. Most women find it hard to quit smoking, even when they are pregnant. Some pregnant women may use e-cigarettes to try to quit smoking. We don't know if this will also affect their children's weight. Using a mouse model, the goal of this study is to see if children whose mothers use e-cigarettes during pregnancy also have a higher risk of obesity.
Competitiondate
201709
Approvedterm2
4 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Holloway, Alison C
Approvedterm
4 ans 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
~ $634,952~ $0~
