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Open AccessA nearly continuous measure of birth weight for gestational age using a United States national reference
Fully understanding the determinants and sequelae of fetal growth requires a continuous measure of birth weight adjusted for gestational age. Published United States reference data, however, provide estimates ...
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Open AccessMisperceived pre-pregnancy body weight status predicts excessive gestational weight gain: findings from a US cohort study
Excessive gestational weight gain promotes poor maternal and child health outcomes. Weight misperception is associated with weight gain in non-pregnant women, but no data exist during pregnancy. The purpose of...
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Obesity and Diabetes in Mothers and Their Children: Can We Stop the Intergenerational Cycle?
Obesity prevalence in the United States has reached an alarming level. Consequently, more young women are entering pregnancy with body mass indices of at least 30 kg/m2. While higher maternal weight entering preg...
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Open AccessExercise Training in Pregnancy for obese women (ETIP): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Both maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and excessive gestational weight gain are increasing in prevalence and associated with a number of adverse pregnancy outcomes for both mother and child. Observational studie...
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Modifiable Predictors Associated with Having a Gestational Weight Gain Goal
The goal of this paper was to determine predictors of having a weight gain goal in early pregnancy. In 2008, we administered a 48-item survey to 249 pregnant women attending obstetric visits. We examined predi...
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First Steps for Mommy and Me: A Pilot Intervention to Improve Nutrition and Physical Activity Behaviors of Postpartum Mothers and Their Infants
To assess the feasibility of a pediatric primary care based intervention to promote healthful behaviors among 0–6 month old infants and their mothers. We enrolled two intervention practices (60 mother-infant p...
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Content Analysis of Motivational Counseling Calls Targeting Obesity-Related Behaviors Among Postpartum Women
Our objective was to examine mothers’ perspectives of obesity-related health behavior recommendations for themselves and their 0–6 month old infants. A health educator conducted 4 motivational counseling calls...
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Open AccessOngoing monitoring of data clustering in multicenter studies
Multicenter study designs have several advantages, but the possibility of non-random measurement error resulting from procedural differences between the centers is a special concern. While it is possible to ad...
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Age of Achievement of Gross Motor Milestones in Infancy and Adiposity at Age 3 Years
Early life physical activity may help prevent obesity but is difficult to measure. The purpose of this study was to examine associations of age of achievement of gross motor milestones in infancy with adiposit...
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Open AccessA pilot randomized controlled trial to promote healthful fish consumption during pregnancy: The Food for Thought Study
Nutritionists advise pregnant women to eat fish to obtain adequate docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an essential nutrient important for optimal brain development. However, concern exists that this advice will lead ...
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Open AccessCorrelations among adiposity measures in school-aged children
Given that it is not feasible to use dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) or other reference methods to measure adiposity in all pediatric clinical and research settings, it is important to identify reasonable alte...
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A Qualitative Study of Gestational Weight Gain Counseling and Tracking
Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) predicts adverse pregnancy outcomes and later obesity risk for both mother and child. Women who receive GWG advice from their obstetric clinicians are more likely to gai...
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Open AccessAir pollution exposure and gestational diabetes mellitus among pregnant women in Massachusetts: a cohort study
Rodent and human studies suggest an association between air pollution exposure and type 2 diabetes mellitus, but the extent to which air pollution is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is less...
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Towards Defining Optimal Gestational Weight Gain
In 2009, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee to Reexamine Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines published updated recommendations on the rate and amount of weight that women should gain during pregnancy. Thes...
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Open AccessA qualitative study of gestational weight gain goal setting
Gestational weight gain (GWG) is an important predictor of short and long-term pregnancy outcomes for both mother and child, and women who set a GWG goal are more likely to gain within recommended ranges. Litt...
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Open AccessBirth weight-for-gestational age is associated with DNA methylation at birth and in childhood
Both higher and lower fetal growth are associated with cardio-metabolic health later in life, suggesting that prenatal developmental programming determines long-term cardiovascular disease risk. Epigenetic mec...
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Open AccessPersistent DNA methylation changes associated with prenatal mercury exposure and cognitive performance during childhood
Prenatal exposure to mercury, a known neurotoxic metal, is associated with lower cognitive performance during childhood. Disruption of fetal epigenetic programming could explain mercury’s neurodevelopmental ef...
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Open AccessSocial and anthropometric factors explaining racial/ethnical differences in birth weight in the United States
Though disparities in birth weight by race/ethnicity have been extensively reported in the United States, few studies have systematically investigated factors attributing to its variability. For 10,638,415 sin...
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Open AccessCord blood DNA methylation and adiposity measures in early and mid-childhood
Excess adiposity in childhood is associated with numerous adverse health outcomes. As this condition is difficult to treat once present, identification of risk early in life can help inform and implement strat...
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Open AccessDeterminants of physical activity frequency and provider advice during pregnancy
Our aims were to (1) describe the frequency of physical activity and prenatal healthcare provider advice about physical activity during pregnancy and (2) examine determinants and correlates of 3rd trimester ph...
