Background: The delivery of excess maternal nutrients to the fetus is known to increase the
risk of macrosomia, even among infants of women without gestational diabetes mellitus …

Objective To discriminate the effect of maternal obesity and gestational diabetes on birth
weight and adipose tissue of the newborn. Methods Normal BMI women (group N, n= 243; …

Background The existence of early factors which, acting during critical periods of intrauterine
or immediate postnatal development, determine long-term health has become increasingly …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the percentage of large-for-gestational age (LGA) neonates
associated with maternal overweight and obesity, excessive gestational weight gain, and …

OBJECTIVE: Because offspring of women with gestational diabetes mellitus have an
increased risk of obesity and diabetes mellitus as young adults, our purpose was to …

Abstract Purpose of Review Excess fetal growth is increasingly recognized as a risk factor
for childhood obesity, and mounting evidence supports that maternal glucose is not the only …

Background: Maternal obesity increases adult offspring risk for cardiovascular disease;
however, the role of offspring adiposity in mediating this association remains poorly …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a difference in
body composition and the factors that are associated with fat mass in the large-for …

Aims/hypothesis Maternal type 2 diabetes during pregnancy and gestational diabetes are
associated with childhood adiposity; however, associations of lower maternal glucose levels …

Objective Maternal glycaemia and anthropometry-derived newborn adiposity are strongly
correlated. The children of mothers with diabetes are at greater risk of adverse metabolic …