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| Title |
Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and childhood physical and cognitive development of children: a systematic review
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| Published in |
International Journal of Obesity, August 2016
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| DOI | 10.1038/ijo.2016.140 |
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| Authors |
A A Adane, G D Mishra, L R Tooth |
| Abstract |
Maternal obesity, usually associated with adverse birth outcomes, has been a serious public health concern. Studies examining its effect on the physical and cognitive development of children have only recently emerged and the findings are inconsistent. This review aimed to systematically examine the role of maternal obesity on children's physical and cognitive development using the available evidence. The CINAHL, EMBASE, PSYCINFO, PUBMED and SCOPUS databases were searched. Studies addressing children's (⩽12 years) physical and cognitive development as outcome and maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index as an exposure were included. Data were extracted and evaluated for quality by two independent reviewers. A total of 17 articles were eligible for this systematic review; 10 of them were birth cohorts from the USA. Nine of the fourteen studies supported an adverse association between maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and childhood cognitive development. A few studies also demonstrated a negative association between maternal obesity and gross motor function in children (5 of 10) but not with fine motor function (none out of five studies). Whether the observed negative association between maternal obesity and children's cognitive and gross motor abilities is casual or due to residual confounding effects is unclear. The current evidence is based on a limited number of studies with heterogeneous measurement scales and obesity definition. From the available evidence, it seems that exposure to maternal pre-pregnancy obesity in the intrauterine environment has a detrimental effect on children's cognitive development. However, evidence of the association between maternal obesity and physical development of children is too scarce to offer a conclusion. More research work is required to delineate the intrauterine effect of maternal obesity from the residual confounding effects.International Journal of Obesity accepted article preview online, 16 August 2016. doi:10.1038/ijo.2016.140. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 22% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| Denmark | 1 | 11% |
| Ireland | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 4 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 56% |
| Scientists | 3 | 33% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 116 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 116 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 18 | 16% |
| Researcher | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 10% |
| Unknown | 39 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 15% |
| Psychology | 9 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 6% |
| Sports and Recreations | 7 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 23 | 20% |
| Unknown | 47 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 July 2017.
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