Effect of Gestational Weight Gain and Prepregnancy Body Mass Index in Adolescent Mothers on Weight and Body Mass Index of Adolescent Offspring
Groth SW, Holland ML, Smith JA, Meng Y, Kitzman H. Effect of Gestational Weight Gain and Prepregnancy Body Mass Index in Adolescent Mothers on Weight and Body Mass Index of Adolescent Offspring. Journal Of Adolescent Health 2017, 61: 626-633. PMID: 28711316, PMCID: PMC5654683, DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGestational weight gainPrepregnancy body mass indexBody mass indexHigh gestational weight gainBMI percentileMass indexWeight gainOffspring overweightPrimiparous adolescentsMaternal gestational weight gainMother's body mass indexGreater riskHigh maternal weight gainAdolescent mothersMaternal weight gainMain outcome measuresOffspring of mothersHigher maternal gestational weight gainsPercent of offspringLow-income adolescent mothersMedicine guidelinesOffspring riskOutcome measuresStudy subjectsObesity