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SUBMITTER: Leonard SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5404997 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pediatric obesity 20160628
<h4>Background</h4>High weight gain in pregnancy has been associated with child adiposity, but few studies have assessed the relationship across childhood or in racially/ethnically diverse populations.<h4>Objectives</h4>The objectives of the study are to test if weight gain in pregnancy is associated with high birthweight and overweight/obesity in early, middle and late childhood and whether these associations differ by maternal race/ethnicity.<h4>Methods</h4>Mother-child dyads (n = 7539) were i ...[more]