Journal article
Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and health care utilization and costs in the offspring
Abstract
Background/objectiveThe association between maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and adverse child health outcomes is well described, but there are few data on the relationship with offspring health service use. We examined the influence of maternal pre-pregnancy obesity on offspring health care utilization and costs over the first 18 years of life.MethodsThis was a population-based retrospective cohort study of children (n = 35,090) born between …
Authors
Kuhle S; Muir A; Woolcott CG; Brown MM; McDonald SD; Abdolell M; Dodds L
Journal
International Journal of Obesity, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 735–743
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
April 2019
DOI
10.1038/s41366-018-0149-3
ISSN
0307-0565