Palanisamy A, Toftlund SA, Giri T, et al. - Researchers examined whether oxytocin exposure during labor is associated with the risk of being overweight or obese during childhood.

• Using the Danish Medical Birth Registry, researchers retrieved data of mothers concerning synthetic oxytocin exposure and linked these data with self-reported anthropometric data of their children from the Danish National Birth Cohort (5 months–11 years of age).

• Overall, researchers analyzed a large cohort of children who varied in their synthetic oxytocin exposure status at childbirth.

• Per outcome analysis, oxytocin exposure did not correlate with the risk of childhood overweight/obesity.