Trial reportBMC pregnancy and childbirth2020
Gestational weight gain and body composition of full-term newborns and infants: a cohort study.
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Growth and Body Composition of Very Low Birth Weight Infants Compared With Infants Birth at Term
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of gestational weight gain on adverse pregnancy outcomes in women with gestational diabetes: a retrospective cohort study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Identifying critical windows for macrosomia prevention: a study on the association between phase-specific dynamic BMI changes and macrosomia risk.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
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- Relationship between gestational weight gain with fetal body composition and organ volumes in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Fetal Dimensional Study: a prospective pregnancy cohort.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of gestational weight gain rate with infant birth weight and cesarean delivery: A prospective cohort study in Nepal.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Influence of Adipose Tissue on Early Metabolic Programming: Conditioning Factors and Early Screening.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Association between maternal weight gain during pregnancy and child's body mass index at preschool age.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2023Article
- Weight gain trajectories patterns from pregnancy to early postpartum: identifying women at risk and timing to prevent weight regain.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Associations of Gestational Weight Gain with Perinatal Outcomes in Western Brazilian Amazon.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Article
- Gestational weight change and childhood body composition trajectories from pregnancy to early adolescence.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2022Article
- Determinants of rapid weight gain in a cohort of children in the first six months of life.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe association between gestational weight gain and neonatal body composition has been inconsistent, exposing the need for further research. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether gestational weight gain influences the body composition of full-term newborns and infants up to 4 months old.
methodsA cohort study was performed with 124 participants divided into categories of gestational weight gain according to the 2009 Institute of Medicine guidelines. The anthropometric and body composition data of newborns and infants acquired using air displacement plethysmography (PeaPod®) were collected at 96 h, 1 month, 2 months and 4 months of life. In the statistical analysis, the chi-square test was used to analyze categorical variables, and ANOVA was used to analyze numerical variables. Univariate analysis was performed, and the absolute and relative frequencies of the categorical variables, as well as mean and standard deviation of the numerical variables, were obtained. Bivariate analysis was performed for the categories of gestational weight gain and gestational and neonatal characteristics. When adjustments to gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, and pregestational body mass index (BMI) were analyzed by linear regression, gestational weight gain remained a significant variable for newborn percent fat mass. For all analyses, a significance level of 5% was adopted.
resultsGestational weight gain was adequate in 33.8% of the participants, excessive in 41.1% and insufficient in 25%. Women with excessive weight gain had higher pregestational BMIs and a higher incidence of gestational hypertension. Their newborns had a higher body mass, body fat mass in grams and percent fat mass than the infants born to mothers with adequate or insufficient gestational weight gain. No significant differences were observed in body composition at 1, 2 and 4 months of life during infant follow-up.
conclusionExcessive gestational weight gain may alter the body composition of newborns at birth. Further studies are required to better evaluate infant follow-up.
trial registrationClinical Trial Registry: NCT00875251 on April 3, 2009.
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