BACKGROUND Maternal obesity and hyperglycemia increase risk of obesity and diabetes in offspring later in life. OBJECTIVE We examined the relation between gestational glycemia and prepregnancy body mass index (ppBMI) with offspring growth in an Asian mother-offspring cohort. DESIGN Pregnant mothers undertook a 75-g 2-h oral-glucose-tolerance test at 26-28 wk of gestation. In 937 singleton o...

OBJECTIVE In Spanish women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), we aimed to study the progression to diabetes and abnormal glucose tolerance (AGT) and identify predictive factors. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In 696 women with GDM and 70 control women, glucose tolerance was evaluated postpartum and at 5-year intervals. RESULTS In the GDM group, the cumulative risk for diabetes and AGT w...

BACKGROUND Psychosocial factors influence breastfeeding outcomes, but little is known about these characteristics and how they influence breastfeeding behavior of obese women, who are a group that experiences poor breastfeeding outcomes. OBJECTIVES Our objectives were to determine whether 1) maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) is associated with social knowledge of, social influence t...

OBJECTIVE Greater maternal prepregnancy adiposity has been associated with behavioral problems, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and lower intellectual function in offspring. However, few studies of humans have explored this, and it is unclear if intrauterine mechanisms or confounding factors drive these associations. PATIENTS AND METHODS Parental adiposity and offspring verb...

CONTEXT Postpartum psychosis occurs in 1 to 2 cases per 1000 live births. Most studies have not distinguished postpartum psychosis from bipolar disorder or the proportion of the incidence attributable to prepregnancy psychiatric morbidity. OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder attributable to previous psychiatric hospitalization. DESIGN Population...

BACKGROUND We sought to examine the association of gestational weight gain (GWG) and prepregnancy weight with offspring adiposity and cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS AND RESULTS Data from 5154 (for adiposity and blood pressure) and 3457 (for blood assays) mother-offspring pairs from a UK prospective pregnancy cohort were used. Random-effects multilevel models were used to assess incremen...

CONTEXT Perinatal depression affects at least 10% to 12% of new mothers, and diabetes complicates up to 9% of pregnancies. Prior research shows a higher rate of major depression among individuals with diabetes. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between diabetes and depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period among a sample of low-income women. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS Retr...