Poorer maternal diet quality and increased birth weight*

Objective: Maternal diet and gestational weight gain (GWG) influence birth weight and infant adiposity, which are important predictors of lifetime health. To better understand these relationships, we studied associations between maternal diet and GWG, adiposity, and birth weight in a well characterized cohort of pregnant women.Study design: Data were obtained from 41 term (>37 weeks), uncomplicated, singleton pregnancies according to...