Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain and child weight during the first 2 years of life in an Amazonian birth cohort.
Lara Lívia Santos da SilvaMaíra Barreto MaltaBarbara Hatzlhoffer LourençoPaola Soledad MosqueraAna Alice de Araújo DamascenoPaulo Augusto Ribeiro NevesMarly Augusto Cardosonull nullPublished in: Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association (2023)
Elevated maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and GWG were associated with a child's higher BAZ at birth, and these differences remained constant throughout the first 2 years of life in Amazonian children. These findings highlight the importance of promoting adequate maternal weight before pregnancy and during prenatal care also in socially vulnerable populations.