Background: A considerable body of evidence accumulated especially during the last
decade, demonstrating that early nutrition and lifestyle have long-term effects on later health …

Prenatal care providers are advised to evaluate maternal weight at each regularly
scheduled prenatal visit, monitor progress toward meeting weight gain goals, and provide …

Maternal obesity is associated with pregnancy complications and increases the risk for the
infant to develop obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease later in life. However, the …

Background Approximately one-third of all women of childbearing age are overweight or
obese. For these women, pregnancy is associated with increased risks for both mother and …

Background: Maternal obesity, excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) and post-partum
weight retention (PPWR) constitute new public health challenges, due to the association …

Abstract Changes in the maternal environment leading to an altered intrauterine milieu can
result in subtle insults to the fetus, promoting increased lifetime disease risk and/or disease …

Abstract The Power of Programming conference 2016 at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Munich brought together about 600 researchers and other stakeholders from around the …

Childhood obesity and its comorbidities continue to accelerate across the globe. Two-thirds
of pregnant women are obese/overweight, as are 20% of preschoolers. Gestational diabetes …

Background Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) leads to obstetric complications,
maternal postpartum weight retention and an increased risk of offspring obesity. The GeliS …

This report was prepared by Pacific Perspectives Ltd. The key contributors are Dr Debbie
Ryan, Dr Corina Grey and Brenden Mischewski, with the support of David Nicholson, Lisa …