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ey0016.2-14 | Maternal Obesity and Long-term Infant Consequences | ESPEYB16

2.14. Association between maternal diabetes, being large for gestational age and breast-feeding on being overweight or obese in childhood

P Kaul , SL Bowker , A Savu , RO Yeung , LE Donovan , EA Ryan

Diabetologia 2019 Feb;62(2):249–258. doi: 10.1007/s00125-018-4758-0.This is the first population-based study to examine the relative contribution of maternal diabetes, excess birthweight and breast-feeding on the risk of being overweight and obese in childhood.Being large for gestational at birth is a potentially modifiable factor and this study highlights the...