Obesity and adiposity of 3- to 6-year-old children born to mothers with hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy in an urban South African setting.
Larske M SoepnelVeronique NicolaouChristine SlaterGlory ChidumwaNaomi S LevittKerstin Klipstein-GrobuschShane A NorrisPublished in: Annals of human biology (2021)
Maternal pregnancy BMI seems to play a greater role in the development of childhood adiposity than maternal hyperglycaemia, requiring further research and identifying maternal BMI as a relevant prevention target in our setting.