Classifying Gestational Weight Gain Trajectories Using the SITAR Growth Model

Gestational weight gain and fetal growth in underweight women

BACKGROUND Despite the current obesity epidemic, maternal underweight remains a common occurrence with potential adverse perinatal outcomes. METHODS We aimed to investigate the relationship between weight gain during pregnancy, and fetal growth in underweight women with low and late fertility. Women body mass index (BMI), defined according to the World Health Organization's definition, gestat...

Gestational Weight Gain and Offspring Longitudinal Growth in Early Life.

BACKGROUND Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) increases the risk of childhood obesity, but little is known about its association with infant growth patterns. AIM The aim of this study was to examine the association between GWG and infant growth patterns. METHODS Pregnant women (n = 743) self-reported GWG at delivery, which we classified as inadequate, adequate or excessive based on the...

Gestational weight gain: now and the future.

Since shortly before the release of the 2009 Institute of Medicine report, Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines,1 there has been an explosion of research around the amount of weight a woman gains during her pregnancy. For the mother herself, the more weight she gains during pregnancy, the harder it is to return to her prepregnancy weight. Retaining more weight postpartum, es...

Prediction of gestational weight gain - a biopsychosocial model.

OBJECTIVE To examine the influence of health behaviours and psychological well-being on gestational weight gain using a biopsychosocial model. DESIGN A prospective cohort study of pregnant women consecutively recruited at their first antenatal care visit. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on health behaviours and psychological well-being in early pregnancy. Linear reg...

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