Associations between lifestyle interventions during pregnancy and childhood weight and growth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal health and lifestyle during pregnancy may be critical for the onset and progression of childhood obesity. Prenatal lifestyle interventions have been shown to positively affect maternal behaviors, gestational weight gain, and anthropometric outcomes in infants at birth. The influence of such interventions on child weight or growth beyond birth is unknown. We therefore examined the association between lifestyle interventions during pregnancy and anthropometric outcomes during childhood.

Methods

A systematic literature search was conducted in three electronic databases, two clinical trial registers and further sources, without language or publication status restrictions. Additionally, 110 study authors were contacted to obtain unpublished data. Randomized co

SUBMITTER: Raab R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7792105 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature