OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between
prepregnancy maternal body mass index and spontaneous preterm birth and indicated …

Maternal weight gain is one of the most important independent predictors of infant birth
weight and interacts with other maternal characteristics, including age, so that infant birth …

Objectives To examine the potential effects of mothers' early pregnancy body mass index
(BMI) and children's birth weight on childhood overweight/obesity at 1‐6 years of age …

Abstract Ahlsson, F. 2008. Being Born Large for Gestational Age. Metabolic and
Epidemiological Studies. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the importance of maternal weight gain during pregnancy as a
predictor of birthweight. SUBJECTS: Two thousand and forty-six mother–infant pairs were …

The aim of this article is to review the current evidence on gestational weight gain (GWG).
Maternal obesity has emerged as one of the great challenges in modern obstetrics as it is …

In a retrospective analysis of 158 women considered to have had normal, low‐risk
pregnancies, 30 gave birth to infants with a birth‐weight less than the 10th centile for …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare body weight and composition
(percent fat, fat mass, and fat-free mass) in neonates born to mothers with a normal …

Weight gain during pregnancy is an important parameter that is related to a number of
perinatal outcomes. We aimed to analyse the relationships between weight gain during …

OBJECTIVE: To study how the relationship between gestational weight gain and
spontaneous preterm birth interacts with maternal race or ethnicity and previous preterm …