Consuming a diet high in fast food during pregnancy could be tied to weight gain in young children, according to new research being presented at the 2019 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1 Researchers arrived at this conclusion after conducting a study of 1257 mother-child pairs. Specifically, the researchers examined maternal dietary patterns during the second trimester of pregnancy and calculated scores based on consumption of a fast food pattern or processed food pattern. They also assessed children’s body mass index z-score trajectories from birth to age 4 that had been identified in a prior study, as well as associations between maternal dietary patterns and child growth outcomes.