Parental anthropometrics, early growth and the risk of overweight in pre‐school children: the Generation R Study

Summary What is already known about this subject Parental obesity is a strong risk factor of childhood obesity. High gestational weight gain is associated with childhood body mass index. Previous studies reported inconsistent associations between parental and child anthropometrics. What this study adds Maternal anthropometrics have stronger effects on fetal anthropometrics than paternal anthropometrics. Maternal body mass index has a stronger...