Background There is a global obesity crisis, particularly among women and disadvantaged
populations. Early-life intervention to prevent childhood obesity is a priority for public health …

Context Mounting evidence suggests that the origins of childhood obesity and related
disparities can be found as early as the “first 1,000 days”—the period from conception to age …

The type 2 diabetes epidemic and one of its predisposing factors, obesity, are major
influences on global health and economic burden. It is accepted that genetics and the …

Objectives. To systematically review the evidence from prospective and retrospective cohort
studies on the association between gestational weight gain (GWG) and offspring's body …

Overweight and obesity during pregnancy have been associated with increased birth
weight, childhood obesity, and noncommunicable diseases in the offspring, leading to a …

Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of trimester-specific
gestational weight gain with offspring fetal growth, obesity risk, and cardiometabolic health …

This review addresses the increasingly prolific literature from studies in man and animals
suggesting that maternal obesity, a diet rich in calories or excess gestational weight gain …

Background: Excessive gestational weight gain seems to be associated with offspring cardio-
metabolic risk factors. Little is known about the critical periods of gestational weight gain. We …

Childhood obesity has reached pandemic proportions, and youth-onset type 2 diabetes is
following suit. This review summarises the literature on the influence of developmental …

Objective To assess the associations of maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and
rates of early‐pregnancy, mid‐pregnancy and total gestational weight gain with adolescent …