The fetal overnutrition hypothesis proposes that greater maternal adiposity results in
increased obesity throughout life in the offspring. The authors examined the associations …

Background The earliest determinants of obesity may operate during intrauterine life, and
gestational weight gain may influence the intrauterine environment in a way that may affect …

The authors examined the effects of maternal intrauterine undernutrition on offspring birth
weights in a cohort of women born between August 1944 and April 1946 in Amsterdam, The …

Pregnancies that produced 56,857 children were analyzed to evaluate the relationship of
the mothers' relative pregravid body weight to pregnancy outcome. Perinatal mortality rates …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the independent contribution of risk factors developing during
pregnancy to subsequent risk of obesity in young children. METHODS: We conducted a …

Background: According to the fetal overnutrition hypothesis, intrauterine influences of
maternal obesity increased lifelong obesity risk in the offspring. If the hypothesis is true, then …

Location of body fat stores, as indicated by waist-to-hip circumference ratio (WHR), affects a
variety of metabolic processes in women, and some of these changes could affect fetal …

Objective The objective of the study was to evaluate the association between gestational
weight gain, per the 2009 Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations, and offspring …

Previous studies suggesting that maternal undernutrition increases the risk of preterm birth
have suffered from several methodological shortcomings, including use of total gestational …

Background: A small number of relatively small studies have found greater gestational
weight gain to be associated with greater offspring body mass index (BMI; in kg/m 2), but …