Does vaginal delivery mitigate or strengthen the intergenerational association of overweight and obesity? Findings from the Boston Birth Cohort

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 497-501

  Mueller, N T ^a,b   Mao, G ^a,c,d   Bennet, W L ^a,b,e   Hourigan, S K ^e,f,g,h   Dominguez Bello, M G ⁱ   Appel, L J ^a,b,e   Wang, X ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EYE HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Inova Translational Medicine Institute   (United States)

^g Inova Hospital for Children   (United States)

^h Virginia Cancer Specialists   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOTHER; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VAGINA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BOSTON; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MOTHERS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VAGINA;

EID: 85006379877     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2016.219     Document Type: Article

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