Maternal antibiotic use and vaginal infections in the third trimester of pregnancy and the risk of obesity in preschool children.

Elena IsaevskaMaja PopovicCostanza PizziValentina FianoFranca RusconiFranco MerlettiLorenzo RichiardiMilena Maule

Published in: Pediatric obesity (2020)

Maternal third trimester vaginal infections are associated with an increased overweight/obesity risk in children born by vaginal delivery, and especially in children of mothers with pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity.

Keyphrases

pregnancy outcomes
weight loss
weight gain
birth weight
preterm birth
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
gestational age
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
pregnant women
young adults
body mass index
physical activity
low birth weight
adipose tissue
preterm infants