Associations of gestational weight gain with offspring thinness and obesity: by prepregnancy body mass index

• Main Authors: Nianqing Wan (Author), Li Cai (Author), Weiqing Tan (Author), Ting Zhang (Author), Jiewen Yang (Author), Yajun Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Previous studies indicated that excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) was positively associated with offspring obesity. Nevertheless, little is known about the effect of GWG on offspring thinness. This study aimed to assess the association of GWG with childhood weight status ac...