Interpregnancy weight gain and childhood obesity: analysis of a UK population-based cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal obesity increases the risk of adverse long-term health outcomes in mother and child including childhood obesity. We aimed to investigate the association between interpregnancy weight gain between first and second pregnancies and risk of overweight and obesity in the second child.

Methods

We analysed the healthcare records of 4789 women in Hampshire, UK with their first two singleton live births within a population-based anonymised linked cohort of routine antenatal records (August 2004 and August 2014) with birth/early life data for their children. Measured maternal weight and reported height were recorded at the first antenatal appointment of each pregnancy. Measured child height and weight at 4-5 years were converted to age- and sex-adjusted body mass i

SUBMITTER: Ziauddeen N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8748200 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature