Abbreviations: BMI: Body Mass Index; OS: Oxidative Stress; TAA: Total Antioxidant Activity; HFD: High Fatty Diet; Fe: Iron; ROS: Reactive Oxygen Species; LPO: Lipid Peroxidation; IUGR: IntraUterine Growth Restriction; GDM: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus; PE: PreEclampsia; T2DM: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Figure 3:Summary of the hypothesis presented in this minireview, whereas obese pregnant women would show an increase of reactive species, leading to a pathologic oxidative stress status versus de normal-weight pregnant women; alterations which have also been associated with higher risks of adverse outcomes in mother and metabolic programming of child.