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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020 Background Inappropriate gestational weight gain in pregnancy may negatively impact health outcomes for mothers and babies. While optimal gestational weight gain is often not acheived, effective counselling by antenatal health care providers is ...
Beth Murray-Davis +9 more
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Psychosocial Determinants of Adequacy of Gestational Weight Gain [PDF]
Obesity, 2009 Pregnancy is a critical time window for evaluating weight gain on subsequent risk for obesity among women of childbearing age. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, self‐esteem, and fetal health locus of control (FHLC) beliefs were significant risk factors for adequacy of gestational weight ...
Jennifer B, Webb +2 more
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Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Objective:. To evaluate the independent effects of prepregnancy obesity and gestational weight gain on fetal growth patterns and explore whether prepregnancy obesity can modify the association between gestational weight gain and fetal growth ...
Yujia Zhai +17 more
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Gestational Weight Gain and its Relation with Birth Weight of the Newborn
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2017 Introduction: Gestational weight gain is an important predictor of the health of the newborn. It is affected by body mass index of the women. This study was conducted to find out gestational weight gain according to Institute of Medicine 2009 ...
Meena Thapa, Rupa Paneru
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Adequacy of Prenatal Care and Gestational Weight Gain [PDF]
Journal of Women's Health, 2016 Background: The goal of prenatal care is to maximize health outcomes for a woman and her fetus. We examined how prenatal care is associated with meeting the 2009 Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines for gestational weight gain. Sample:
SeonAe, Yeo +2 more
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BMC MedicineBackground The suitability of the United States National Academy of Medicine guidelines for gestational weight gain in women with gestational diabetes remains uncertain, raising global concerns. This study aimed to evaluate the association of gestational
Katrien Benhalima +7 more
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Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2023 Introduction To date, there have only been provisional recommendations about the appropriate gestational weight gain in twin pregnancies. This study aimed to contribute evidence to this gap of knowledge. Material and methods Using a cohort of 10 603 twin
Julia Schubert +5 more
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BMC Medicine, 2018 Background Gestational weight gain differs according to pre-pregnancy body mass index and is related to the risks of adverse maternal and child health outcomes.
Susana Santos +79 more
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Social inequality in excessive gestational weight gain [PDF]
International Journal of Obesity, 2013 Optimal gestational weight gain (GWG) leads to better outcomes for both the mother and child, whereas excessive gains can act as a key stage for obesity development. Little is known about social inequalities in GWG. This study investigates the influence of education level on pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and GWG.Register-based population study ...
Holowko, N., Mishra, G., Koupil, I.
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Excessive gestational weight retention and weight gain in postpartum: Perception of women
Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU, 2019 CONTEXT: Childbearing women are the second victims for significant gestational weight retention and weight gain during reproductive years. There may be unique reasons to weight management in this period. AIM: To explore what women perceive as reasons for
Thilagavathy Ganapathy
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