Maternal obesity has many implications for offspring health that persist throughout their
lifespan that include obesity and cardiovascular complications. Several different factors …

There is an ever increasing prevalence of maternal obesity worldwide such that in many
populations over half of women enter pregnancy either overweight or obese. This review …

The prevalence of obesity in women of reproductive age is increasing in developed and
developing countries around the world. Human and animal studies indicate that maternal …

It is widely recognized that environmental insults during adulthood including smoking, lack
of exercise and a poor diet increases an individual's risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

Objective Obesity and cardiovascular disease are major global public health problems.
Maternal obesity has been linked to multiple adverse health consequences for both mother …

New Findings What is the topic of this review? Observational studies have highlighted the
association of increasing maternal body mass index with offspring adiposity and the …

Evidence from epidemiological, clinical, and animal model studies clearly demonstrates that
prenatal and lactational maternal obesity and high‐fat diet consumption are associated with …

As the prevalence of obesity has increased over the past few decades in the United States
among adults and pregnant women, so has the proportion of children who are obese. 1 …

The prevalence of obesity among pregnant women is increasing. In addition to the short-
term complications of obesity during pregnancy in both mother and child, it is now …

Obesity before and during pregnancy leads to reduced offspring cardiometabolic health.
Here, we systematically reviewed animal experimental evidence of maternal obesity before …