Publications

Childhood obesity has become a public health crisis in recent years. Studies suggest that early life influences (both during and after pregnancy) may affect a child's risk of becoming obese. Obesity puts children at higher risk for developing chronic disease later in life such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and high blood pressure.  The Healthy Start Study aims to investigate how the experiences of women during their pregnancies (e.g. diet, physical activity, smoking) and their environment during pregnancy affect their children's growth throughout early infancy and childhood. This research will help to identify risk factors for childhood obesity and later life chronic disease. This will help us identify protective factors that promote healthy growth of children. 1,410 ethnically diverse pregnant women were recruited from obstetrics clinics at the University of Colorado Hospital to participate in the Healthy Start Study. 

To pull a full list of publications from the Healthy Start and ECHO projects visit https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ and paste ‘((((OD023248) OR (DK133235)) OR (ES032213)) OR (DK076648))’ in the search bar.