Pre-labor and post-labor cesarean delivery and early childhood adiposity in the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Cohort Study.
Sarah L BridgmanSuzanne PenfoldCatherine J FieldAndrea M HaqqPiushkumar J MandhaneTheo J MoraesStuart E TurveyElinor SimonsPadmaja SubbaraoAnita L KozyrskyjPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2024)
Our findings add to the body of evidence that CS, in particular CS without labor events, may be a risk factor for overweight in early life, and that this association may be sex-specific. These findings could help to identify children at higher risk for developing obesity.