Context Pregnancy is characterized by progressive decreases in glucose insulin sensitivity.
Low insulin sensitivity resulting in hyperglycemia is associated with higher neonatal …

Context: The impact of specific maternal fuels and metabolic measures during early and late
gestation on neonatal body composition is not well defined. Objective: To determine how …

Objective Associations between maternal glucose levels and increased foetal growth are
well established, and independent relationships with maternal weight, weight gain and …

Background The in-utero environment affects fetal development; it is vital to understand how
maternal diet during pregnancy influences childhood body composition. While research …

Background Newborns exhibit substantial variation in fat mass accretion over gestation.
These individual differences in newborn adiposity extend into infancy and childhood and …

Context Gestational diabetes (GDM) affects 20 million women/year worldwide and is
associated with childhood obesity. Infants of affected mothers have increased adiposity from …

Aims Metabolic dysregulation in utero may influence fetal metabolism and early growth. We
previously investigated relationships between maternal indices of glucose homeostasis and …

Context There is increasing evidence that intrauterine lipid metabolism influences the
adiposity of the newborn and the first years thereafter. It remains unclear if these effects …

Context Obesity is a global epidemic, and there is a focus on identifying markers of obesity
in children with a view to prevention. Objective We aimed to examine prospectively the …

Aims/hypothesis In women who are overweight or obese before or during pregnancy there is
an associated risk of increased fetal growth and higher birthweight. The metabolic …