OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that women with small-for-gestational-age (SGA) neonates
would have lower concentrations of leptin compared to women with appropriately grown …

Background Obesity predominantly affects populations in high-income countries and those
countries facing epidemiological transition. The risk of childhood obesity is increased among …

Maternal lifestyle during pregnancy, as well as early nutrition and the environment infants
are raised in, are considered relevant factors for the prevention of childhood obesity. Several …

abstract Background: Maternal prepregnancy adiposity may influence child adiposity
beyond the transmitted genetic effects, which, if true, may accelerate the obesity epidemic …

Background: Modifiable risk factors during pregnancy, such as diet and weight gain, are
associated with fetal birth weight but little is known about how these factors influence fetal fat …

Childhood obesity rates are higher among Indigenous compared with non-Indigenous
Australian children. It has been hypothesized that early-life influences beginning with the …

Obese women generally deliver heavier infants, but the body composition of these infants is
unknown. The principal objective of this study was to determine if neonates of obese women …

Aim To evaluate the association between maternal obesity, gestational diabetes (GDM), and
birth size with infant fat-mass (FM) accretion from 1 to 6 months (M). Methods Healthy …

Background Maternal obesity has been implicated in the origins of childhood obesity
through a suboptimal environment in‐utero. Objective We examined relationships of …

Rapid early growth is associated with adverse metabolic outcome. The aim of this study was
to determine whether there are differences in body composition (BC) between very-low-birth …