The associations between maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index or gestational weight change during pregnancy and body mass index of the child at 3 years of age

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1325-1331

  Stamnes Kopp U M ^a   Dahl Jorgensen K ^b,c   Stigum, H ^d   Frost Andersen, L ^e   Naess O ^d,e   Nystad, W ^d  

^a Sørlandet Hospital Health Enterprise   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Gestational weight change; Norwegian mother and child cohor; Offspring BMI; Paternal BMI; Pre pregnancy body mass index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FATHER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NORWAY; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FATHERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NORWAY; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84871192902     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2012.140     Document Type: Article

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