Newton001 Maternal nutritional status, mental health and childhood health: a prospective cohort study in Rio de Janeiro.

改善孕产妇和儿童健康是联合国开发计划署千年发展目标的目标之一。产妇心理健康和肥胖是全球性问题，也是不良妊娠和围产期结局的风险因素。这一伙伴关系将进行必要的背景工作和培训，以实现在巴西里约热内卢制定一项准母婴队列研究方案的最终目标。该队列的目的是提高对孕产妇营养、孕期心理健康和不良妊娠结局之间复杂关系的理解。这一目标将通过研讨会、网络交流和互访来实现。伦敦国王学院（KCL）与巴西的大学有许多联系，由KCL巴西研究所促进，包括与里约热内卢联邦大学（UFRJ）的学院范围内的合作协议。与KCL妇女保健司和UFRJ营养流行病学观察站拟议的合作源于对产妇营养状况和妇女和儿童健康结果的共同研究兴趣，特别侧重于怀孕期间的心理健康和儿童认知发展。这种潜在的伙伴关系涉及两个专门领域（妇幼保健和营养），从而将有助于实现千年发展目标和减轻慢性病的全球负担。

The improvement of maternal and child health is one of the aims of the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations Development Programme. Maternal mental health and obesity are global issues and risk factors for adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes. This partnership will undertake the necessary background work and training to achieve the final goal of developing a protocol for a prospective mother child cohort study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The aim of the cohort is to improve the understanding of the complex relationship between maternal nutrition, mental health in pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes. This objective will be achieved through workshops, web based communication and exchange visits. King's College London (KCL) has many links with Universities in Brazil, facilitated by the KCL Brazil Institute including a college wide co-operation agreement with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). The proposed collaboration with the KCL Division of Women's Health and UFRJ Nutritional Epidemiology Observatory has developed from a mutual research interest in maternal nutritional status and women and children's health outcomes, with a particular focus on mental health during pregnancy and childhood cognitive development. This potential partnership relates both areas of expertise (maternal and child health and nutrition), and in this way, will contribute to reach the Millennium Development Goals and reduce the global burden of chronic diseases.