Objective To investigate the relation between maternal body mass index and hospital admissions for infections in their offspring, and to identify potentially modifiable mediators.Design Longitudinal cohort study.Setting Born in Bradford longitudinal, multi-ethnic birth cohort, Bradford, UK. Secondary analysis linked to routine hospital admission data, January 2007 to 3 October 2022.Participants 9540 singleton births between 2007 and 2011, born to 9037 mothers, followed up from birth to abou...