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- Title
Maternal gestational diabetes, birth weight, and adolescent obesity.
- Authors
Gillman, Matthew W; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl; Berkey, Catherine S; Field, Alison E; Colditz, Graham A
- Abstract
Obesity increases risk of many adverse outcomes, but its early origins are obscure. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) reflects a metabolically altered fetal environment associated with high birth weight, itself associated with later obesity. Previous studies of GDM and offspring obesity, however, have been few and conflicting. The objectives of this study were to examine associations of birth weight and GDM with adolescent body mass index (BMI) and to determine the extent to which the effect of GDM is explained by its influence on birth weight or by maternal adiposity.
- Publication
Pediatrics, 2003, Vol 111, Issue 3, pe221
- ISSN
1098-4275
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1542/peds.111.3.e221