Association between maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and offspring's outcomes at 9 to 15 years of age.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Maternal pre-pregnancy underweight, overweight and obesity might increase the risk for worse short- and long-term outcome in the offspring. There is a need for further study into the relationship between maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and the combined outcome of physical development, state of health and social behavior in children.

Question

Is maternal pre-pregnancy BMI associated with the child outcome in terms of physical development, state of health and social behavior (school and leisure time behavior) at the age of 9 to 15 years?

Methods

In the population-based birth cohort study Survey of Neonates in Pomerania (SNIP) children at the age 9-15 years and their families were re-examined by questionnaire-based follow-up. 5725 mother-child pair

SUBMITTER: Lichtwald A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10770235 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature