Trajectories of maternal weight from before pregnancy through postpartum and associations with childhood obesity

Prepregnancy body mass index [BMI (in kg/m2)], gestational weight gain, and postpartum weight retention may have distinct effects on the development of child obesity, but their combined effect is currently unknown. We described longitudinal trajectories of maternal weight from before pregnancy through the postpartum period and assessed the relations between maternal weight trajectories and offspring obesity in childhood. We analyzed data from...