Is maternal obesity a risk factor for rare childhood cardiovascular diseases?

Obesity among women of reproductive age is a major public health problem. In most high-income countries, up to 50% of women have overweight or obesity at the start of their pregnancy. 1 Catalano PM Shankar K Obesity and pregnancy: mechanisms of short term and long term adverse consequences for mother and child. BMJ. 2017; 356: j1 Google Scholar Maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity are major risk factors for various pregnancy...