Maternal gestational diabetes and childhood obesity at age 9–11: results of a multinational study

for the ISCOLE Research Group; Zhao, Pei; Liu, Enqing; Qiao, Yijuan; Katzmarzyk, Peter T.; Chaput, Jean-Philippe; Fogelholm, Mikael; Johnson, William D.; Kuriyan, Rebecca; Kurpad, Anura; Lambert, Estelle V.; Maher, Carol; Maia, José A.R.; Matsudo, Victor; Olds, Timothy; Onywera, Vincent; Sarmiento, Olga L.; Standage, Martyn; Tremblay, Mark S.; Tudor-Locke, Catrine; Hu, Gang

doi:10.1007/s00125-016-4062-9

Maternal gestational diabetes and childhood obesity at age 9–11: results of a multinational study

Aims/hypothesisThe aim of this study was to examine the association between maternal gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and childhood obesity at age 9–11 years in 12 countries around the world.MethodsA multinational cross-sectional study of 4740 children aged 9–11 years was conducted. Maternal G…