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Children who experienced an "accelerated growth trajectory" as fetuses during pregnancy are more than 4 times more likely to be overweight or obese as two-year-olds, with maternal metabolic factors being associated with this fetal growth trajectory

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Children who experienced an "accelerated growth trajectory" as fetuses during pregnancy are more than 4 times more likely to be overweight or obese as two-year-olds, with maternal metabolic factors being associated with this fetal growth trajectory

Article URL: http://plos.io/4ndWwYy

Article title: Application of group-based trajectory models to evaluate the association of fetal growth trajectories and childhood overweight and obesity: A longitudinal study with 2-year follow-up

Author countries: China

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.


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