Maternal obesity and excessive gestational weight gain are associated with components of child cognition

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2562-2569

  Pugh, Sarah J ^a   Richardson, Gale A ^a,b   Hutcheon, Jennifer A ^e   Himes, Katherine P ^b,f   Brooks, Maria M ^a   Day, Nancy L ^a,b,c,d   Bodnar, Lisa M ^a,b,f  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Child; Cognition; Gestational weight gain; Intelligence; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MATERNAL OBESITY; PROGENY; PUERPERIUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE SCALE; TRAIL MAKING TEST; UNEMPLOYMENT; WEIGHT GAIN; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; ADOLESCENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84949670371     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.215525     Document Type: Article

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