Patterns of gestational weight gain in healthy, low-risk pregnant women without co-morbidities

DOA Daemers, HAA Wijnen, EBM van Limbeek… - Midwifery, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: little is known of the impact of gestational weight gain (GWG) in relation to
Body Mass Index (BMI) classification on perinatal outcomes in healthy pregnant women …

Association between gestational weight gain according to body mass index and postpartum weight in a large cohort of Danish women

L Rode, H Kjærgaard, B Ottesen, P Damm… - Maternal and child …, 2012 - Springer
Our aim was to investigate the association between gestational weight gain (GWG) and
postpartum weight retention (PWR) in pre-pregnancy underweight, normal weight …

Weight gain in pregnancy and application of the 2009 IOM guidelines: toward a uniform approach

LA Gilmore, LM Redman - Obesity, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective There is an urgent need to adopt standardized nomenclature as it relates to
gestational weight gain (GWG), a more uniform approach to calculate it, and hence …

Weight gain in pregnancy: does the Institute of Medicine have it right?

YN Truong, LM Yee, AB Caughey, YW Cheng - American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective We aimed to examine whether women who adhered to Institute of Medicine (IOM)
guidelines for gestational weight gain (GWG) had improved perinatal outcomes. Study …

Pregnancy outcome according to pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain

J Gesche, L Nilas - International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To assess birth weight in relation to gestational weight gain (GWG) among women
who were and were not obese before pregnancy. Methods For a retrospective cohort study …

Gestational weight gain outside the Institute of Medicine recommendations and adverse pregnancy outcomes: analysis using individual participant data from …

E Rogozińska, J Zamora, N Marlin, AP Betrán… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background High Body Mass Index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) affect
an increasing number of pregnancies. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has issued …

Are women in Singapore gaining weight appropriately during pregnancy: a prospective cohort study

S He, JC Allen, NS Razali, NM Win, JJ Zhang… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2019 - Springer
Background We aimed to study gestational weight gain (GWG) in a Singaporean population
and compare it with Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2009 GWG guidelines. Methods Nine …

Maternal obesity and gestational weight gain

V O'Dwyer, F O'Toole, S Darcy, N Farah… - Journal of Obstetrics …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of the study was to analyse gestational weight gain (GWG) according to body mass
index (BMI) category and to explore the relationship between GWG and pregnancy …

Risk factors for excessive gestational weight gain in a healthy, nulliparous cohort

A Restall, RS Taylor, JMD Thompson… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) is associated with adverse maternal
and child outcomes and contributes to obesity in women. Our aim was to identify early …

Prepregnancy body mass index as a significant predictor of total gestational weight gain and birth weight

AS Morisset, L Dubois, CK Colapinto, ZC Luo… - Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - dcjournal.ca
Purpose: We aimed to describe adherence to gestational weight gain (GWG)
recommendations and identify determinants of excessive GWG in a sample of women from …