Sandra Ekström

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted an individual participant data meta-analysis of data from 162,129 mothers and children from 37 pregnancy and birth cohort studies from Europe, North-America and Australia, using multilevel binary logistic regression models with a random intercept at cohort level adjusted for maternal socio-demographic and life style related characteristics.

TL;DR: In this article, the association between pre-pregnancy maternal BMI and methylation at over 450,000 sites in newborn blood DNA, across 19 cohorts (9,340 mother-newborn pairs).

TL;DR: Higher maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain were associated with an increased risk of childhood overweight/obesity, with the strongest effects at later ages, and future intervention trials should focus on maternal weight status before pregnancy, in addition to weight gain during pregnancy.

TL;DR: Maternal obesity has been linked to offspring asthma; however, other allergy‐related diseases, as well as the association beyond early school age, are largely unstudied.

TL;DR: Early-onset asthma and wheezing may contribute to an increased risk of developing obesity in later childhood, and children who have asthma or wheeze in early childhood may be at a higher risk of developed obesity.