Low maternal vitamin D status in pregnancy increases the risk of childhood obesity.

V DarakiT RoumeliotakiG ChalkiadakiM KatrinakiMarianna KarachaliouV LeventakouM VafeiadiK SarriM VassilakiS PapavasiliouM KogevinasL Chatzi

Published in: Pediatric obesity (2018)

Exposure to very low 25(OH)D concentrations in utero may increase childhood adiposity indices. Given that vitamin D is a modifiable risk factor, our findings may have important public health implications.

Keyphrases

public health
risk factors
pregnancy outcomes
insulin resistance
preterm birth
birth weight
weight gain
pregnant women
early life
weight loss
childhood cancer