Maternal body mass index, gestational weight gain, and the risk of overweight and obesity across childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis
Erasmus MC · Medical University of Warsaw · +72 more institutions
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Maternal obesity and excessive gestational weight gain may have persistent effects on offspring fat development. However, it remains unclear whether these effects differ by severity of obesity, and whether these effects are restricted to the extremes of maternal body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain. We aimed to assess the separate and combined associations of maternal BMI and gestational weight gain with the risk of overweight/obesity throughout childhood, and their population impact. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We conducted an individual participant data meta-analysis of data from 162,129 mothers and their children from 37 pregnancy and birth cohort studies from Europe, North America, and…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 46.06
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 36
Authors
84- EVEllis VoermanCorresponding
Erasmus MC
- SSSusana SantosCorresponding
Erasmus MC
- BPBernadeta Patro-GołąbCorresponding
Medical University of Warsaw, Erasmus MC
- PAPilar AmianoCorresponding
Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública
- FBFerrán BallesterCorresponding
Universitat Jaume I, Universitat de València, Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública
Topics & keywords
- Overweight
- Body mass index
- Medicine
- Weight gain
- Obesity
- Pregnancy
- Childhood obesity
- Population
- Good health and well-being