Risk of childhood overweight or obesity associated with excessive weight gain during pregnancy: a meta-analysis.

Purpose: Several investigations have shown that the risk of childhood overweight and obesity may be associated with excessive gestational weight gain (GWG), but the study samples were limited and results were mixed; hence we conducted this meta-analysis to assess the explicit association between them and present evidence.

Methods: We searched PubMed, EMbase, Ovid, Web of knowledge and Cochrane library for relevant studies. Bibliographies from retrieved articles were also manually searched.

[Effect of comprehensive control and prevention for chronic disease in demonstration plot of Chongqing].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of comprehensive control and prevention for chronic diseases in demonstration plot of Chongqing.

Methods: Residents were enrolled through multi-stage stratified random sampling method from 17 districts or counties which had successfully established demonstration plots and 21 districts or counties which had not established demonstration plots (non-demonstration plot for short) yet on May, 2012. Questionnaire was designed to survey awareness of health knowledge, health behaviors and utilization of health supportive tools.