Background Large for gestational age infants have an increased risk of obesity,
cardiovascular and metabolic complications during life. Knowledge of the key predictive …

Background: Increased adiposity at birth may identify infants at high risk of developing
obesity. Maternal obesity and hyperglycemia in pregnancy are associated with increased …

Background Cord blood (CB) leptin is positively associated with adiposity at birth, but the
association with child adiposity is unclear. Objectives We hypothesized that CB leptin is …

Background: During pregnancy, maternal circulating leptin is released by maternal adipose
tissue and the placenta, and may have a role in fetal development. Objectives: We …

Background/objectives Maternal obesity impacts fetal growth as early as second trimester of
pregnancy, yet little is known about the molecular mechanisms involved. We aimed to …

Background: Maternal obesity increases adult offspring risk for cardiovascular disease;
however, the role of offspring adiposity in mediating this association remains poorly …

Objective Adipocytokines are markers of fetal metabolism, but their association with
childhood growth is unclear. This study examined associations of neonatal adipocytokines …

Objective To examine associations of perinatal and 3‐year leptin with weight gain and
adiposity through 7 years. Design and Methods In Project Viva, plasma leptin from mothers …

Context: Exposure to maternal adiposity during pregnancy is associated with higher
offspring birth weight and greater adiposity through childhood and adult life. As birth weight …

Background Infant adiposity is linked to both high maternal fat mass (FM) and excessive
gestational FM gain, whereas the association with maternal adipokines is less clear. The …