Low birth weight serves as a crude proxy for impaired growth during fetal life and indicates a
failure for the fetus to achieve its full growth potential. Low birth weight can occur in …

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a pregnancy complication that affects one in seven
pregnancies. Emerging evidence demonstrates that children born of pregnancies …

Mother–child cohort studies have established that both pre‐pregnancy body mass index
(BMI) and gestational weight gain are independently associated with cardio‐metabolic risk …

Background: Obesity is a major public health problem among women of reproductive age. In
a narrative review, we examined the influence of maternal obesity during pregnancy on fetal …

The causes of essential hypertension remain an enigma. Interactions between genetic and
external factors are generally recognized to act as aetiological mechanisms that trigger the …

The in utero environment is a key determinant of long-term health outcomes; poor maternal
metabolic state and placental insufficiency are strongly associated with these long-term …

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 …

Abstract Background/Objectives Obesity in pregnancy has been associated with increased
childhood cardiometabolic risk and reduced life expectancy. The UK UPBEAT multicentre …

Background Maternal overnutrition during pregnancy predisposes the offspring to
cardiometabolic diseases. Objectives This systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to …

Importance Maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI; calculated as weight in kilograms
divided by height in meters squared) has previously been associated with offspring …