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Obesity, affecting one in three pregnant women worldwide, is not only a major obstetric risk factor. The resulting low‐grade inflammation may have a long‐term impact on the offspring's HPA axis through dysregulation of maternal, placental and fetal corticosteroid metabolism, and children born of obese mothers have increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The long‐term effects of maternal...