Open AccessMaternal Obesity and Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Are Associated with Components of Child Cognition1–3
Author(s) -
Sarah Pugh,
Gale A. Richardson,
Jennifer A. Hutcheon,
Katherine P. Himes,
Maria M. Brooks,
Nancy L. Day,
Lisa M. Bodnar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463
H-Index - 265
eISSN - 1541-6100
pISSN - 0022-3166
DOI - 10.3945/jn.115.215525
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , body mass index , weight gain , overweight , cohort , intelligence quotient , gestational age , demography , pediatrics , obesity , gestation , cohort study , birth weight , obstetrics , cognition , psychiatry , body weight , genetics , sociology , biology
Maternal overweight and obesity affect two-thirds of women of childbearing age and may increase the risk of impaired child cognition.
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