Maternal weight gain in excess of pregnancy guidelines is related to daughters being overweight 40 years later.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exceeding the Institute of Medicine guidelines for pregnancy weight gain increases childhood and adolescent obesity. However, it is unknown if these effects extend to midlife.

Objective

We sought to determine if exceeding the Institute of Medicine guidelines for pregnancy weight gain increases risk of overweight/obesity in daughters 40 years later.

Study design

This cohort study is based on adult offspring in the Child Health and Development Studies and the Collaborative Perinatal Project pregnancy cohorts originally enrolled in the 1960s. In 2005 through 2008, 1035 daughters in their 40s were recruited to the Early Determinants of Mammographic Density study. We classified maternal pregnancy weight gain as greater than vs less than or equal to the 2009 clin

SUBMITTER: Houghton LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4967392 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature