Influence of gestational weight gain and maternal depression on offspring BMI trajectory from birth to 3 years: A longitudinal mother-infant study

Ting Zeng; Ting Huang; Liangqiong Deng; Li Xiong; Peipei Zeng; Ji Peng; Qiulan Wang; Ling Chen; Yu Zhang; Dingyuan Zeng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0333819

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Influence of gestational weight gain and maternal depression on offspring BMI trajectory from birth to 3 years: A longitudinal mother-infant study

Ting Zeng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ting Zeng, Ting Huang

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Child Healthcare, Liuzhou Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
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Ting Huang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ting Zeng, Ting Huang

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Child Healthcare, Liuzhou Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
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Liangqiong Deng,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Child Healthcare, Liuzhou Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
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Li Xiong,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Child Healthcare, Liuzhou Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
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Peipei Zeng,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Child Healthcare, Liuzhou Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
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Ji Peng,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Child Healthcare, Liuzhou Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
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Qiulan Wang,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Child Healthcare, Liuzhou Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
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Ling Chen,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Child Healthcare, Liuzhou Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
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Yu Zhang,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Child Healthcare, Liuzhou Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
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Dingyuan Zeng

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

* E-mail: zdylzsfyebk@126.com

Affiliation Department of Child Healthcare, Liuzhou Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4170-2374

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Influence of gestational weight gain and maternal depression on offspring BMI trajectory from birth to 3 years: A longitudinal mother-infant study

Ting Zeng,
Ting Huang,
Liangqiong Deng,
Li Xiong,
Peipei Zeng,
Ji Peng,
Qiulan Wang,
Ling Chen,
Yu Zhang,
Dingyuan Zeng

Published: September 30, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333819

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