CONCLUSIONS
overweight
EARLY PREGNANCY
We conclude that the probiotics consumption on their own or in combination with fish oil from early pregnancy onwards could be beneficial for lowering the overweight odds of 24-month-old children born to mothers with overweight/obesity. Probiotics and fish oil administration together seemed to lead slower growth of children, although within the normal reference range. The clinical significance of this finding needs further elucidation but may support our finding that these children less likely became overweight when they are 24 months old. Our findings could be utilized in the dietary counseling of the most vulnerable women, that is, those with overweight/obesity, as it is putative that this population would mostly benefit from the intervention (