Importance Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) is common and associated with
adverse pregnancy outcomes. Antenatal lifestyle interventions limit GWG; yet benefits of …

BACKGROUND: Diet-and physical activity-based interventions in pregnancy have the
potential to alter maternal and child outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To assess whether or not the …

Lifestyle interventions targeting gestational weight gain (GWG) report varying degrees of
success. To better understand factors influencing efficacy, we reviewed randomized trials …

Background: Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) increases the risk of a number of
adverse pregnancy outcomes and was recently identified as a potential risk factor for …

Importance Counseling and active behavioral interventions to limit excess gestational
weight gain (GWG) during pregnancy may improve health outcomes for women and infants …

Excessive maternal gestational weight gain (GWG) contributes to generational obesity. Our
aim was to explore efficacy and intervention characteristics (trimester, duration, frequency …

Background Overweight and obesity pose a big challenge to pregnancy as they are
associated with adverse maternal and perinatal outcome. Evidence of lifestyle intervention …

Background This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2012, Issue 4.
Excessive weight gain during pregnancy is associated with poor maternal and neonatal …

Objective: Optimizing gestational weight gain (GWG) in early pregnancy is of clinical and
public health importance, especially in higher risk pregnancies. Design and Methods: In a …

Women with overweight or obesity are twice as likely to gain excessive gestational weight
than women of normal weight. Identifying effective interventions to support this group …