Do Gestational Obesity and Gestational Diabetes Have an Independent Effect on Neonatal Adiposity? Results of Mediation Analysis from a Cohort Study in South India.

Giridhara Rathnaiah Babu R DeepaMelissa Glenda LewisEunice Lobo Anjaly Krishnan Yamuna AnaJodie G KatonDaniel A EnquobahrieOnyebuchi Aniweta ArahSanjay KinraGudlavalleti Venkata Satyanarayana Murthy

Published in: Clinical epidemiology (2019)

We showed that maternal obesity and GDM are independently associated with offspring adiposity. Also, GDM mediates the association of maternal obesity on adiposity in children. Interventions focused on obesity prevention in women, and effective screening and management of GDM may contribute to reducing childhood obesity in India.

Keyphrases

weight gain
insulin resistance
birth weight
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
high fat diet induced
pregnancy outcomes
polycystic ovary syndrome
high fat diet
type diabetes
body mass index
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
pregnant women
young adults
physical activity