Examining the effects of pre-pregnancy weight and gestational weight gain on allergic disease development in offspring: a protocol for a population-based study using health administrative databases in Ontario, Canada

• Main Authors: Deshayne B Fell (Author), Yanfang Guo (Author), Sebastian A Srugo (Author), Laura Gaudet (Author), Daniel Corsi (Author), Romina Fakhraei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Over the last 20 years, excess maternal pre-pregnancy weight (overweight and obesity) and gestational weight gain have become the most common morbidities in pregnancy. These morbidities may pose a threat to fetal immunological development through associated metabolic dysfunction and inf...