Risk of childhood overweight or obesity associated with excessive weight gain during pregnancy: a meta-analysis

• Published in: Archives of gynecology and obstetrics Vol. 289; no. 2; pp. 247 - 257
• Main Authors: Tie, Hong-Tao, Xia, Yi-Yin, Zeng, Yong-Sheng, Zhang, Yong, Dai, Chia-Liang, Guo, Jeff Jianfei, Zhao, Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2014; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Body Mass Index; Body Weight; Child; Childhood; Cohort analysis; Endocrinology; Female; Gynecology; Human Genetics; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meta-analysis; Mothers; Obesity; Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery; Overweight - etiology; Pediatric Obesity - etiology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Review; Risk; Risk Factors; Weight Gain; Excessive gestational weight gain; Childhood overweight/obesity; Cohort study; Meta-analysis

Purpose Several investigations have shown that the risk of childhood overweight and obesity may be associated with excessive gestational weight gain (GWG), but the study samples were limited and results were mixed; hence we conducted this meta-analysis to assess the explicit association between them...