ArticlePediatric obesity2017
Weight gain in pregnancy and child weight status from birth to adulthood in the United States.
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- A Lifestyle Intervention During Pregnancy and Its Effects on Child Weight 2.5 Years Later.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Article
- Childhood Overweight and Obesity and Pubertal Onset Among Mexican-American Boys and Girls in the CHAMACOS Longitudinal Study.American journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Excessive Gestational Weight Gain: Long-Term Consequences for the Child.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Gestational weight gain, birthweight and early-childhood obesity: between- and within-family comparisons.International journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
- From conception to infancy - early risk factors for childhood obesity.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2019Review
- Associations of gestational weight gain with offspring thinness and obesity: by prepregnancy body mass index.Reproductive health · 2018Article
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- Obesity and Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Postpartum: an Evidence Review of Lifestyle Interventions to Inform Maternal and Child Health Policies.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2018Review
- Mighty Mums - a lifestyle intervention at primary care level reduces gestational weight gain in women with obesity.BMC obesity · 2018Article
- Trajectories of maternal weight from before pregnancy through postpartum and associations with childhood obesity.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2017Article
- Unequal Distribution of Overweight Adolescents in Immigrant-Rich Areas: Analysis of Disparities among Public and Private School Students in Shanghai, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Maternal obesity, gestational weight gain and childhood cardiac outcome at age 6 years.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundHigh weight gain in pregnancy has been associated with child adiposity, but few studies have assessed the relationship across childhood or in racially/ethnically diverse populations.
objectivesThe objectives of the study are to test if weight gain in pregnancy is associated with high birthweight and overweight/obesity in early, middle and late childhood and whether these associations differ by maternal race/ethnicity.
methodsMother-child dyads (n = 7539) were included from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, a nationally representative cohort study in the USA (1979-2012). Log-binomial regression models were used to analyse associations between weight gain and the outcomes: high birthweight (>4000 g) and overweight/obesity at ages 2-5, 6-11 and 12-19 years.
resultsExcessive weight gain was positively associated, and inadequate weight gain was negatively associated with high birthweight after confounder adjustment (P < 0.05). Only excessive weight gain was associated with overweight in early, middle and late childhood. These associations were not significant in Hispanics or Blacks although racial/ethnic interaction was only significant ages 12-19 years (P = 0.03).
conclusionsHelping pregnant women gain weight within national recommendations may aid in preventing overweight and obesity across childhood, particularly for non-Hispanic White mothers.
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