Caesarean section delivery and childhood obesity in a British longitudinal cohort study.

Gwinyai MasukumeAli S KhashanSusan M B MortonPhilip N BakerLouise C KennyFergus P McCarthy

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Infants born by planned CS did not have a significantly higher BMI or BF% compared to those born by normal VD. This may suggest that the association, described in the literature, could be due to the indications/reasons for CS birth or residual confounding.

Keyphrases

gestational age
low birth weight
preterm birth
systematic review
body mass index
preterm infants
cross sectional
weight gain
pregnancy outcomes