Objective To review the effects of obesity on reproduction and pregnancy outcome. Methods
A search of the literature was performed using key word searching and citation snowballing …

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in our patients who are of childbearing age, with
pregnant patients of normal weight being in the minority. The pregnancy-related …

Please cite this paper as: Urquia M, Frank J, Moineddin R, Glazier R. Immigrants' duration of
residence and adverse birth outcomes: a population‐based study. BJOG 2010; 117: 591 …

Maternal overnutrition increases the risk of long-term metabolic dysfunction in offspring.
Exercise improves metabolism partly by upregulating mitochondrial biogenesis or function …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Despite numerous studies reporting an elevated risk of
infant mortality among women who are obese, the magnitude of the association is unclear. A …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine associations between prepregnancy
body mass index (BMI) and congenital heart defects (CHDs). STUDY DESIGN: These …

This secondary analysis explored the association between gestational weight gain, pre-
pregnancy body mass index (BMI), and prenatal diet quality in a United States national …

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to identify recent population-based trends in maternal
overweight and obesity and adverse outcomes. STUDY DESIGN: Statewide retrospective …

Background: Traditionally, small for gestational age is defined as birthweight< 10th
percentile using sex‐adjusted centile charts. However, this criterion includes constitutional …

Background: Despite a call to study the effect of weight gain pattern on development of
gestational diabetes mellitus, few studies have correctly adjusted for independent effects of …