Correlates of pregnant women's gestational weight gain knowledge
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Gestational weight gain information: seeking and sources among pregnant women
BACKGROUND Promoting healthy gestational weight gain (GWG) is important for preventing obstetric and perinatal morbidity, along with obesity in both mother and child. Provision of GWG guidelines by health professionals predicts women meeting GWG guidelines. Research concerning women's GWG information sources is limited. This study assessed pregnant women's sources of GWG information and how, wh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Midwifery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0266-6138
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2016.08.011