ArticleJournal of epidemiology2015
Gestational Weight Gain and Overweight in Children Aged 3-6 Years.
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- Monitoring gestational weight gain and prepregnancy BMI using the 2009 IOM guidelines in the global population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Pooled it
- The association between maternal body mass index and child obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Maternal body mass index, gestational weight gain, and the risk of overweight and obesity across childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2019Pooled it
- A systematic review of dietary interventions for gestational weight gain and gestational diabetes in overweight and obese pregnant women.European journal of nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- The association of prenatal adiposity characteristics with early childhood overweight and obesity: findings from a large and diverse mother-child cohort.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Article
- Reduction of Neonatal Macrosomia Rate of Infants Born to Overweight and Obese Women through Nutrition Counseling in Pregnancy - A One-arm Interventional Study.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2025Article
- Maternal body mass index, gestational weight gain, and early childhood growth: A register-based cohort study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2024Article
- Effect of postpartum depression and role of infant feeding practices on relative weight of child at 1 and 3 years of age.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Associations Between Gestational Weight Gain, Gestational Diabetes, and Childhood Obesity Incidence.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- Maternal high fat diets: impacts on offspring obesity and epigenetic hypothalamic programming.Frontiers in genetics · 2023Review
- Analysis of the Influence of Pre-Pregnancy BMI and Weight Gain during Pregnancy on the Weight of Healthy Children during the First 2 Years of Life: A Prospective Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Preventive Counseling in Routine Prenatal Care-A Qualitative Study of Pregnant Women's Perspectives on a Lifestyle Intervention, Contrasted with the Experiences of Healthcare Providers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of a Brief Lifestyle Intervention in the Prenatal Care Setting to Prevent Excessive Gestational Weight Gain and Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Increased Gestational Weight Gain is Associated with a Higher Risk of Offspring Adiposity Before Five Years of Age: A Population-Based Cohort Study.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022Article
- Mid-pregnancy weight gain is associated with offspring adiposity outcomes in early childhood.Pediatric research · 2021Article
- Associations of prenatal metabolomics profiles with early childhood growth trajectories and obesity risk in African Americans: the CANDLE study.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Article
- Excess pregnancy weight gain in latinas: Impact on infant's adiposity and growth hormones at birth.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Changes in Children's Body Composition and Posture during Puberty Growth.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- 60 Minutes Per Day in Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity as a Natural Health Protector in Young Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Excessive Gestational Weight Gain: Long-Term Consequences for the Child.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether gestational weight gain (GWG) was associated with increased odds of childhood overweight after accounting for pre-pregnancy BMI.
methodsIn a prospective cohort study based on a premarital and perinatal health care system in China, data of 100 612 mother-child pairs were obtained. The main exposure was GWG as both a continuous and categorical variable. The outcome measure was overweight, defined by age- and sex-specific cutoff values for body mass index (BMI) in children aged 3-6 years.
resultsA 1-kg increase in maternal GWG was associated with an increase of 0.009 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.007-0.010, P < 0.001) in children's mean BMI; in the subgroup of pre-pregnancy overweight/obese mothers, the increase in children's BMI was 0.028 (95% CI, 0.017-0.039, P < 0.001). Excessive GWG played an important role in childhood overweight when adequate GWG was used as the reference, with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.21 (95% CI, 1.12-1.29). The risk was highest (OR 2.22; 95% CI, 1.79-2.76) in the children of mothers who were overweight/obese before pregnancy and gained excessive weight during pregnancy.
conclusionsGreater maternal GWG was associated with greater offspring BMI, and the risk of overweight was doubled in children whose mothers were overweight/obese before pregnancy and gained excessive weight during pregnancy. As a result, maintenance of appropriate weight gain during pregnancy and prophylaxis of maternal overweight/obesity before pregnancy should be a strategy for preventing childhood overweight/obesity.
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