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      The short- and long-term implications of maternal obesity on the mother and her offspring.

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      BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
      Wiley

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          Obesity's increasing prevalence has reached epidemic proportions in the USA, with close to one-third of the adult population affected in 2000. Additionally, there is increasing prevalence of obesity in other industrialised areas of the world such as Europe. Of potentially more concern is the potential risks associated with obesity and related metabolic complications in the developing world. The maternal, fetal, peripartum and neonatal complications of obesity in pregnancy have far-reaching implications for both mother and offspring. Of alarming interest is the increasing rate of obesity among adolescents and the cycle of obesity in future generations it portends. The purpose in this review is to briefly review the maternal perinatal morbidities associated with maternal pregravid obesity. Additionally, we will review evidence of both short- and long-term effect of maternal obesity on the in utero environment as it relates to fetal growth, neonatal body composition and adolescent obesity.

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          Journal
          BJOG
          BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
          Wiley
          1470-0328
          1470-0328
          Oct 2006
          : 113
          : 10
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA. pcatalano@metrohealth.org
          Article
          BJO989
          10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.00989.x
          16827826
          fe759563-f21c-4549-a17b-6cb6fd00de44
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