Predicting the earliest deviation in weight gain in the course towards manifest overweight in offspring exposed to obesity in pregnancy: a longitudinal cohort study.
Delphina GomesLien LeSarah PerschbacherNikolaus A HaasHeinrich NetzUwe HasbargenMaria DeliusKristin LangeUta NennstielAdelbert A RoscherUlrich MansmannRegina EnsenauerPublished in: BMC medicine (2022)
We devised a novel sequential strategy of individual prediction and re-evaluation of a higher-than-normal weight gain in "high-risk" infants well before developing overweight to guide decision-making. The strategy holds promise to elaborate interventions in an early preventive manner for integration in systems of well-child care.