ArticlePaediatric and perinatal epidemiology2025
Adolescent Risk Factors for Adult Pre-Pregnancy Obesity and High Gestational Weight Gain: A Longitudinal Study.
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- A Decade of Adolescent Pregnancy-Risk Assessment-A Tertiary Center Retrospective Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Is Adolescence a Window of Opportunity for Prepregnancy Obesity Prevention?Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundRisk factors during adolescence appear to shape adult health, but little is known about how they are associated with pregnancy health.
objectivesWe aimed to assess whether a variety of adolescent risk factors with links to adult overweight or obesity are associated with pre-pregnancy obesity (Body Mass Index [BMI] ≥ 30 kg/m
methodsAt age 11-18 years participants reported on adolescent risk factors (overweight or obesity, healthy and unhealthy home food availability, food insufficiency, family meals, depressive symptoms, body dissatisfaction, weight teasing, binge eating, unhealthy weight control behaviours and dieting). Twenty years later, participants reporting a live birth (n = 656) recalled their pre-pregnancy weight and total GWG. Modified Poisson regression models were used to estimate associations of each factor with pre-pregnancy obesity and high GWG, adjusting for sociodemographics. We used Multivariate Imputation by Chained Equations to account for outcome misclassification using internal validation data.
resultsEighteen percent of the sample had pre-pregnancy obesity and 26% had high GWG. Adolescent overweight or obesity (RR = 4.98, 95% CI 3.27, 7.57), body dissatisfaction (RR = 1.99; 95% CI: 1.31, 3.03) and unhealthy weight control behaviours (RR = 1.70; 95% CI: 1.06, 2.74), among other factors, were associated with pre-pregnancy obesity risk. For high GWG, there were imprecise associations with adolescent overweight or obesity (RR = 1.57; 95% CI: 1.06, 2.31), binge eating (RR = 1.36; 95% CI: 0.77, 2.39) and unhealthy weight control behaviours (RR = 1.38; 95% CI: 0.84, 2.25), among others.
conclusionsFindings suggest that some risk markers for pre-pregnancy obesity (and possibly high GWG) may be apparent as early as adolescence. Supporting adolescent health and well-being might have a role in improving weight-related health in the perinatal period.
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