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

Bibliographic Data

ID17701409
AuthorsJing Wang (0000-0002-7594-8539, Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center Tianjin China), Enqing Liu (0000-0002-4189-8182, Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center Tianjin China), Yue Wang (0000-0001-8527-9175, Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center Tianjin China), Yijuan Qiao (0000-0002-5709-6969, Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center Tianjin China), Tao Zhang (0000-0002-4890-1671, Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center Tianjin China), Baojuan Li (Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center Tianjin China), Zhiwei Zhang (0000-0002-0891-0389, Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center Tianjin China), Nan Li (0009-0000-4562-451X, Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center Tianjin China), Gang Hu (0000-0002-7892-5578, Chronic Disease Epidemiology Laboratory Pennington Biomedical Research Center Baton Rouge Louisiana, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume30
Issue5
Pagese23174-e23174
Publication date2018-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Human Biology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1042-0533 • E-ISSN: 1520-6300
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajhb.23174
PMID30207617
OpenAlexW2890866193
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

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

Birth weight · Body mass index · Logistic regression · Obesity · Obstetrics · Overweight · Pregnancy · Birth, Development, and Health · Demography · Gestational Diabetes Research and Management · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Endocrinology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics