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The objectives of this study were to examine associations of birth weight and GDM with adolescent body mass index (BMI) and to determine the extent to which the effect of GDM is explained by its influence on birth weight or by maternal adiposity.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Methods. We conducted a survey of 7981 girls and 6900 boys, 9 to 14 years of age, who are participants in the Growing Up Today Study, a US nationwide study of diet, activity, and growth. In 1996, participants reported height, weight, diet, activity, and other variables by self-administered mailed questionnaire. We linked these data with information reported by their mothers, participants in the Nurses\u2019 Health Study II, including GDM, height, current weight, and child\u2019s birth weight. We excluded births &amp;lt;34 weeks\u2019 gestation and mothers who had preexisting diabetes. We defined overweight as BMI (kg\/m2) &amp;gt;95th percentile, and at risk for overweight as 85th to 95th percentile, for age and gender from US national data.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results. Mean birth weight was 3.4 kg for girls and 3.6 kg for boys. Among the 465 subjects whose mothers had GDM, 17.1% were at risk for overweight and 9.7% were overweight in early adolescence. In the group without maternal diabetes, these estimates were 14.2% and 6.6%, respectively. In multiple logistic regression analysis, controlling for age, gender, and Tanner stage, the odds ratio for adolescent overweight for each 1-kg increment in birth weight was 1.4 (95% confidence interval: 1.2\u20131.6). Adjustment for physical activity, television watching, energy intake, breastfeeding duration, mother\u2019s BMI, and other maternal and family variables reduced the estimate to 1.3 (1.1\u20131.5). For offspring of mothers with GDM versus no diabetes, the odds ratio for adolescent overweight was 1.4 (1.1\u20132.0), which was unchanged after controlling for energy balance and socioeconomic factors. Adjustment for birth weight slightly attenuated the estimate (1.3; 0.9\u20131.9); adjustment for maternal BMI reduced the odds ratio to 1.2 (0.8\u20131.7).<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusions. Higher birth weight predicted increased risk of overweight in adolescence. Having been born to a mother with GDM was also associated with increased adolescent overweight. However, the effect of GDM on offspring obesity seemed only partially explained by its influence on birth weight, and adjustment for mother\u2019s own BMI attenuated the GDM associations. Our results only modestly support a causal role of altered maternal-fetal glucose metabolism in the genesis of obesity in the offspring. 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