Caesarean section and childhood obesity at age 3 years derived from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Abstract Caesarean section (CS) birth is widely reported to be a risk factor for childhood obesity. Although susceptibility to childhood obesity is influenced by race and ethnicity, it is unclear whether this risk of childhood obesity with CS birth also applies in the Japanese population. We investi...

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Main Authors: Shintaro Terashita, Taketoshi Yoshida, Kenta Matsumura, Takehiro Hatakeyama, Hidekuni Inadera, The Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33653-7