Association of early pregnancy body mass index and children's birth weight with risk of being overweight in childhood.

Jing WangEnqing LiuYue WangYijuan QiaoTao ZhangBaojuan LiZhiwei ZhangNan LiGang Hu

Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2018)

Maternal early pregnancy BMI may play a more important role than children's birth weight in the risk of being overweight from 4 to 6 years of age. Children with high or NBW need to be given more attention to prevent excessive weight gain.

Keyphrases

weight gain
birth weight
body mass index
young adults
weight loss
gestational age
physical activity
early life