Background Maternal obesity and excessive gestational weight gain may have persistent
effects on offspring fat development. However, it remains unclear whether these effects differ …

Post‐term birth is a preventable cause of perinatal mortality and severe morbidity. This
review examined the association between maternal body mass index (BMI) and post‐term …

Background Overweight/obesity in women of childbearing age is a serious public-health
problem. In China, the incidence of maternal overweight/obesity has been increasing …

Background There is a global obesity crisis, particularly among women and disadvantaged
populations. Early-life intervention to prevent childhood obesity is a priority for public health …

Background Evidence suggests that pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight
gain have impact on pregnancy and birth weight, yet whether maternal gestational weight …

Objective To quantify the association between maternal pre‐pregnancy body mass index
(BMI) and perinatal outcomes. Methods We systematically reviewed and collected studies …

Background Excessive pregnancy weight gain is associated with obesity in the offspring, but
this relationship may be confounded by genetic and other shared influences. We aimed to …

Objective Systematic review and meta-analysis conducted to investigate the effect of
stratified pre-pregnancy maternal body mass index on twenty maternal and fetal/neonatal …

Objectives Infant birth weight is influenced by modifiable maternal pre-pregnancy behaviors
and characteristics. We evaluated the relationship among pre-pregnancy body mass index …

Objective To determine whether adequate vs excessive gestational weight gain (GWG)
attenuated the association between maternal obesity and offspring outcomes. Study design …