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

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 246.e1-246.e8

  Houghton, L C ^a   Ester, W A ^a,b   Lumey, L H ^a,c   Michels, K B ^d,e,f   Wei, Y ^a   Cohn, B A ^g   Susser, E S ^a,h   Terry, M B ^a,c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

gestational weight gain; life course; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DAUGHTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; BODY MASS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTHER; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OVERWEIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84963669800     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.02.034     Document Type: Article

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