ArticlePloS one2022
Maternal body mass index in early pregnancy is associated with overweight and obesity in children up to 16 years of age.
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- Early-life programming of hypothalamic circuits by maternal obesity: implications for neuroendocrine disorders.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- Lack of association between breastfeeding duration and body mass index in children and adolescents - A Swedish cohort study.PloS one · 2025Observational
- Prenatal exposures to mixtures of endocrine disrupting chemicals and sex-specific associations with children's BMI and overweight at 5.5 years of age in the SELMA study.Environment international · 2023Article
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Abstract
aimsChildhood obesity is an increasing public health problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between maternal body mass index in early pregnancy and body mass index in children up to the age of 16 years, and to estimate the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in a rural municipality in Sweden.
methodsThe study population comprised 312 pregnant women who attended the antenatal clinics in Lidköping during the year 1999 and their 319 children. Data on body mass index from antenatal clinics, child health care centres and school health care were used in linear and multinomial logistic regressions adjusted for maternal age, smoking status, and parity.
resultsOverweight or obesity were found in 23.0% of 16-year-olds. The correlation between maternal and child body mass index at all studied ages was positive and significant. Body mass index in 16-year-old boys showed the strongest correlation with maternal body mass index (adjusted r-square = 0.31). The adjusted relative-risk ratio for 16-year old children to be classified as obese as compared to normal weight, per 1 unit increase in maternal body mass index was 1.46 (95% confidence interval 1.29-1.65, p<0.001). Among adolescents with obesity, 37.6% had been overweight or obese at 4 years of age.
conclusionsThis study confirms the correlation between maternal and child body mass index and that obesity can be established early in childhood. Further, we showed a high prevalence of overweight and obesity in children, especially in boys, in a Swedish rural municipality. This suggests a need for early intervention in the preventive work of childhood obesity, preferably starting at the antenatal clinic and in child health care centres.
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