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Title: Understanding the Relationship of Pregnancy Weight and Weight Change with Infant and Child Health
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Leonard, Stephanie |
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Understanding the Relationship of Pregnancy Weight and Weight Change with Infant and Child Health Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, 2017 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Body Mass Index (BMI); Childhood; Childhood Adversity/Trauma; Gestation/Gestational weight gain; Health, Mental/Psychological; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Household Influences; Parenting Skills/Styles; Parents, Behavior; Pre/post Natal Behavior; Weight Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The second paper identifies longitudinal trajectories of maternal weight from prepregnancy through the postpartum period and assesses the relationship between maternal weight trajectories and offspring obesity in childhood. The third paper determines if maternal history of physical abuse in childhood is related to the risk of offspring overweight in childhood, and whether prepregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain play mediating roles in such an association. These dissertation papers together provide valuable information to help determine ranges of weight gain during pregnancy that minimize risk of adverse infant and child health outcomes. They also intend to stimulate further research to establish a scientific evidence base for creating effective interventions and clinical gestational weight gain guidelines. Promoting healthy weight and weight gain in pregnancy presents a potentially feasible and effective opportunity to improve infant and child health. |
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Leonard, Stephanie. Understanding the Relationship of Pregnancy Weight and Weight Change with Infant and Child Health. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, 2017. |