Cord blood metabolites and rapid postnatal growth as multiple mediators in the prenatal propensity to childhood overweight.
Rossella AlfanoMichelle PlusquinOliver RobinsonSonia BrescianiniLida ChatziPekka Keski-RahkonenEvangelos HandakasLea MaitreTim NawrotNivonirina RobinotTheano RoumeliotakiFranco SassiAugustin ScalbertMartine VrijheidPaolo VineisLorenzo RichiardiDaniela ZugnaPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2022)
Our findings provide evidence of the involvement of in utero metabolism in the propensity to rapid postnatal growth and of rapid postnatal growth in the propensity to childhood overweight. We did not find evidence supporting a mediating role of the studied metabolites alone between the studied prenatal exposures and the propensity to childhood overweight.