Predicting preschooler obesity at birth: the role of maternal obesity in early pregnancy.

By R. Whitaker. Pediatrics, 2004

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Maternal smoking during pregnancy and child overweight: systematic review and meta-analysis (2008, neutral): “Clinical measurement of height and weight 1.97 (1.52, 2.56) 2.96 (1.97, 4.46) 1.43 (1.07, 1.90) 2.06 (1.31, 3.23) Whitaker (2004)26 Ohio children enrolled in WIC, US 8494 2–4 During pregnancy (32.9”
The levelling off of the obesity epidemic since the year 1999 – a review of evidence and perspectives (2010, background): “For instance, an USA cohort revealed that maternal first-trimester obesity led to a two to threefold increase in the risk of childhood obesity in their progeny (87).”
Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index in Relation to Infant Birth Weight and Offspring Overweight/Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2013, methodology): “[72] reported a retrospective cohort study in”
Ten Putative Contributors to the Obesity Epidemic (2009, positive): “For example, in a US cohort maternal first-trimester obesity led to a two to threefold increase in the risk of childhood obesity in their progeny, such that 24% of children of obese mothers were themselves obese at age 4 compared with 9% of children of normal-weight mothers (Whitaker, 2004).”