Prepregnancy obesity is associated with cognitive outcomes in boys in a low-income, multiethnic birth cohort

• Main Authors: Elizabeth M. Widen (Author), Amy R. Nichols (Author), Linda G. Kahn (Author), Pam Factor-Litvak (Author), Beverly J. Insel (Author), Lori Hoepner (Author), Sara M. Dube (Author), Virginia Rauh (Author), Frederica Perera (Author), Andrew Rundle (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Maternal obesity and high gestational weight gain (GWG) disproportionally affect low-income populations and may be associated with child neurodevelopment in a sex-specific manner. We examined sex-specific associations between prepregnancy BMI, GWG, and child neurodevelopment at a...