ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2017
Early Pregnancy Weight Gain Exerts the Strongest Effect on Birth Weight, Posing a Critical Time to Prevent Childhood Obesity.
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- Lifestyle Interventions Limit Gestational Weight Gain in Women with Overweight or Obesity: LIFE-Moms Prospective Meta-Analysis.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2018Pooled it
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- A telehealth lifestyle intervention to reduce excess gestational weight gain in pregnant women with overweight or obesity (GLOW): a randomised, parallel-group, controlled trial.The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology · 2020Trial
- Differences in association between gestational weight gain and perinatal outcomes according to pre-pregnancy body mass index categories and gestational diabetes mellitus status: findings from a large Japanese cohort.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2026Article
- Patterns of weight gain during the first half of pregnancy and risk of large newborns in women with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Change of maternal weight gain trajectory following lifestyle interventions for gestational diabetes and its impact on abnormal infant birthweight: an observational study based on longitudinal weight measurements.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Observational
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- Association between physical activity education and prescription during prenatal care and maternal and fetal health outcomes: a quasi-experimental study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- A prospective analysis of optimal total weight gain ranges and trimester-specific weight gain rates for Chinese pregnant women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- 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
- Normal Gestational Weight Gain Protects From Large-for-Gestational-Age Birth Among Women With Obesity and Gestational Diabetes.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Diabetogenically beneficial gut microbiota alterations in third trimester of pregnancy.Reproduction & fertility · 2021Review
- Relative Contribution of Gestational Weight Gain, Gestational Diabetes, and Maternal Obesity to Neonatal Fat Mass.Nutrients · 2020Article
- The Effect of a General Healthy Lifestyle Intervention Delivered Around Pregnancy on Gestational Weight Gain and Infant Growth.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Article
- Translating Research on Diabetes and Obesity in Pregnancy Into Prevention: The 2019 Norbert Freinkel Award Lecture.Diabetes care · 2020Article
- Caesarean delivery is associated with higher risk of overweight in the offspring: within-family analysis in the SUN cohort.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2020Article
- Patterns of Women's Postpartum Weight Retention and Its Associations with Maternal Obesity-Related Factors and Parity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Association between trimester-specific gestational weight gain and childhood obesity at 5 years of age: results from Shanghai obesity cohort.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
- The Association Between Trimester-Specific Weight Gain and Severe Preeclampsia/Adverse Perinatal Outcome in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Complicated by Preeclampsia: A Retrospective Case Study.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveGestational weight gain (GWG) is associated with infant birth weight and childhood obesity; however, the patterns of GWG on infant birth weight are poorly understood.
methodsThis analysis in 16,218 mother-child dyads from Tianjin, China, determined the risk of infant size at birth according to GWG occurring throughout the first and second trimester (early GWG) or during the third trimester (late GWG), according to maternal prepregnancy BMI and the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations.
resultsExcessive GWG in early and late pregnancy had an increased risk for large-for-gestational-age (LGA) infants (odds ratio [OR]: 2.4; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.5-4.0, P < 0.001). Regardless of prepregnancy BMI, excessive GWG early in pregnancy (< 24 weeks) was associated with an increased risk of LGA infants (OR: 2.5; 95% CI: 2.1-3.1, P < 0.001), and inadequate early GWG was associated with a higher risk of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants (OR: 1.4; 95% CI: 1.2-1.7, P < 0.001).
conclusionsThe pattern of GWG early in pregnancy, regardless of GWG later in pregnancy, had the greatest impact on infant size at birth. Interventions initiated early in pregnancy may facilitate better adherence to the GWG guidelines and minimize the risk of LGA and SGA infants, a potential precursor for childhood obesity.
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