Extensive experimental animal studies and epidemiological observations have shown that
environmental influences during early development affect the risk of later pathophysiological …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Preeclampsia is an independent cardiovascular risk
factor for the mother, and recent studies reveal that offspring of affected pregnancies also …

Background—Accumulating evidence demonstrates that both maternal prepregnancy body
mass index (mppBMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) are associated with adult offspring …

Background: An emerging literature suggests that environmental chemicals may play a role
in the development of childhood obesity and metabolic disorders, especially when exposure …

Objective To evaluate evidence for increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in
children exposed to preeclampsia in utero. Study design PubMed, the Cumulative Index to …

Obesity is the most common metabolic disease whose prevalence is increasing worldwide.
This condition is considered a serious public health problem due to associated …

Mother–child cohort studies have established that both pre‐pregnancy body mass index
(BMI) and gestational weight gain are independently associated with cardio‐metabolic risk …

Maternal obesity can profoundly affect offspring phenotype and predisposition to obesity and
metabolic disease. Carefully controlled studies in precocial and altricial mammalian species …

Many epidemiological studies showed associations of low birth weight with cardiovascular
disease, type 2 diabetes and obesity. The associations seem to be consistent and stronger …

There is an ever increasing prevalence of maternal obesity worldwide such that in many
populations over half of women enter pregnancy either overweight or obese. This review …