Gestational weight gain information: seeking and sources among pregnant women
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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: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1471-2393
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0600-6