Fig. 1.

Impact of early nutrition and PA during infancy and childhood on obesity prevention in children exposed to GDM in utero. Postnatal factors taking place in infancy and childhood that could play a role in obesity prevention and discussed in this review are represented in small boxes. Yellow arrows indicate a lack of scientific evidence regarding the impact of those factors on obesity prevention in children exposed to GDM in utero. The green arrow indicates a potential beneficial association between breastfeeding and obesity prevention in children exposed to GDM in utero.