Open AccessAssociations of maternal BMI and gestational weight gain with neonatal adiposity in the Healthy Start study
Author(s) -
Anne P. Starling,
John T. Brinton,
Deborah H. Glueck,
Allison Shapiro,
Curtis S. Harrod,
Anne M. Lynch,
Anna Maria SiegaRiz,
Dana Dabelea
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.114.094946
Subject(s) - weight gain , medicine , obstetrics , gestation , gestational age , body mass index , pregnancy , pediatrics , body weight , biology , genetics
Maternal obesity and weight gain during pregnancy are risk factors for child obesity. Associations may be attributable to causal effects of the intrauterine environment or genetic and postnatal environmental factors.
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