Associations Between Mothers' and Their Children's Weights at 4 Years of Age

Olson, Christine M.; Demment, Margaret; Carling, Stacy; Strawderman, Myla

doi:10.1089/chi.2010.0419

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“…This finding suggests that healthy post-pregnancy weight may join normal prepregnancy BMI and adequate GWG as potentially modifiable risk factor for child overweight and obesity. Our data also reinforce that prepregnancy BMI (Li et al, 2005; Olson et al, 2010; Weden et al, 2012; Whitaker, 2004) and GWG (IOM, 2009; Nehring et al, 2013) are each independently associated with child overweight. The association between both GWG and PDWC with child overweight appeared driven by overweight and obese mothers.…”

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Pregnancy and post-delivery maternal weight changes and overweight in preschool children

Robinson

Cohen

Rehkopf

et al. 2014

Preventive Medicine

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Objectives High maternal weight before and during pregnancy contributes to child obesity. To assess the additional role of weight change after delivery, we examined associations between pre- and post-pregnancy weight changes and preschooler overweight. Methods Sample: 4359 children from the Children and Young Adults of the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) born to 2816 NLSY mothers between 1979 and 2006 and followed to age 4–5 years old. Exposures: gestational weight gain (GWG) and post-delivery maternal weight change (PDWC). Outcome: child overweight (body mass index (BMI) ≥85th percentile). Results Adjusted models suggested that both increased GWG (OR: 1.08 per 5 kg GWG, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.16) and excessive GWG (OR: 1.29 versus adequate GWG, 95% CI: 1.06, 1.56) were associated with preschooler overweight. Maternal weight change after delivery was also independently associated with child overweight (OR: 1.12 per 5 kg PDWC, 95% CI: 1.04, 1.21). Associations were stronger among children with overweight or obese mothers. Conclusions Increased maternal weight gain both during and after pregnancy predicted overweight in preschool children. Our results suggest that healthy post-pregnancy weight may join normal pre-pregnancy BMI and adequate GWG as a potentially modifiable risk factor for child overweight.

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Pregnancy and post-delivery maternal weight changes and overweight in preschool children

Robinson

Cohen

Rehkopf

et al. 2014

Preventive Medicine

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“…These results supported previous studies. A US study reported that 36% of children (3.5 to 4.5 years) of obese mothers were obese, whereas only 7.8% of children of mothers with normal weight were obese [31]. Previous studies have found that offspring born to mothers with excessive GWG or higher prepregnancy BMI were associated with an increased risk of overweight and obesity from childhood to adulthood [32-34].…”

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Maternal Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain on Offspring Overweight in Early Infancy

Liu

Guo

et al. 2013

PLoS ONE

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ObjectiveThe aim of the present study was to evaluate the association of maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) with anthropometry in the offspring from birth to 12 months old in Tianjin, China.MethodsBetween 2009 and 2011, health care records of 38,539 pregnant women had been collected, and their children had been measured body weight and length at birth, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months of age. The independent and joint associations of pre-pregnancy BMI and GWG based on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines with anthropometry in the offspring were examined using General Linear Model and Logistic Regression.ResultsPrepregnancy BMI and maternal GWG were positively associated with Z-scores for birth weight-for-gestational age, birth length-for-gestational age, and birth weight-for-length. Infants born to mothers with excessive GWG had the greatest changes in Z-scores for weight-for-age from birth to Month 3, and from Month 6 to Month 12, and the greatest changes in Z-scores for length-for-age from birth to months 3 and 12 compared with infants born to mothers with adequate GWG. Excessive GWG was associated with an increased risk of offspring overweight or obesity at 12 months old in all BMI categories except underweight.ConclusionsMaternal prepregnancy overweight/obesity and excessive GWG were associated with greater weight gain and length gain of offspring in early infancy. Excessive GWG was associated with increased infancy overweight and obesity risk.

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“…Regression coefficients, ORs and CIs are reported in the tables. We adjusted 4-year multivariable models for sex, race, SES, juice and SSB intake,14 number of glasses of milk daily and maternal BMI 15. For juice, SSB and milk intake, we used the amount of each of these reported by the parents as the number of daily servings with one to three times weekly=0.29 servings/day and four to six times weekly=0.71 servings/day.…”

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Longitudinal evaluation of milk type consumed and weight status in preschoolers

Scharf

Demmer

DeBoer

2013

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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Objective Evaluate relationships between type of milk consumed and weight status among preschool children. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Early Childhood Longitudinal Study–Birth Cohort, a representative sample of U.S. children. Participants 10,700 U.S. children examined at age 2 and 4 years. Main Outcome Measures BMI z-score and overweight/obese status as a function of milk type intake. Results The majority of children drank whole or 2% milk (87% at 2 years, 79.3% at 4 years). Across racial/ethnic and SES subgroups 1%/skim-milk drinkers had higher BMI z-scores than 2%/whole-milk drinkers. In multivariable analyses, increasing fat content in the type of milk consumed was inversely associated with BMI z-score (p<0.0001). Compared to those drinking 2%/whole milk, 2- and 4-year-old children drinking 1%/skim milk had an increased adjusted odds of being overweight (age 2 OR 1.64, p<0.0001; age 4 OR 1.63 p<0.0001) or obese (age 2 OR 1.57 p<0.01; age 4 OR 1.64, p<0.0001). In longitudinal analysis, children drinking 1%/skim milk at both 2 and 4 years were more likely to become overweight/obese between these time points (adjusted OR 1.57, p<0.05). Conclusions Consumption of 1%/skim milk is more common among overweight/obese preschoolers, potentially reflecting the choice of parents to give overweight/obese children low-fat milk to drink. Nevertheless, 1%/skim milk does not appear to restrain body weight gain between 2–4 years in this age range, emphasizing a need for weight-targeted recommendations with a greater evidence basis.

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Associations Between Mothers' and Their Children's Weights at 4 Years of Age

Cited by 38 publications

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Pregnancy and post-delivery maternal weight changes and overweight in preschool children

Pregnancy and post-delivery maternal weight changes and overweight in preschool children

Maternal Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain on Offspring Overweight in Early Infancy

Longitudinal evaluation of milk type consumed and weight status in preschoolers

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