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SUMMARY:The effect of maternal obesity on childhood weight status: An exploration of possible mechanisms
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 It has been suggested that the prenatal and early 
 infancy periods may be important times for 
 development of life-long obesity.  However, 
 limited research addresses this issue by examining 
 data prospectively collected from pregnancy 
 through the first years of life.  Both 
 maternal obesity and diabetes status have been 
 linked with early childhood overweight, yet 
 the pregnancy-specific mechanisms (rather than 
 early childhood or maternal pregravid environmental 
 factors) have yet to be investigated. 
  This talk will examine early determinants 
 of development of overweight from both mechanistic 
 and behavioral approaches using data from 
 the Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition Study. 
  Data on 400 children will be used to address 
 the following research questions: 1)To 
 what extent does maternal pregravid BMI and 
 glucose tolerance during pregnancy contribute 
 to the child's overweight status at age 3 after 
 controlling for prenatal behaviors (i.e. 
 diet and physical activity)?; 2)Do elevated lipid 
 levels as measured by triglycerides, lipid 
 particle size and concentration during the 
 prenatal period predict childhood weight status 
 at age 3?; and 3) Do high leptin levels during 
 pregnancy predict childhood weight status 
 at age 3?\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Ashley James\n
 Contact phone: 353-8623\n
 Contact email: ajames@epi.msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://www.epi.msu.edu/seminars.htm\n
LOCATION:E4 Fee Hall
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