Excessive gestational weight gain and obesity have been recognized as independent risk
factors for maternal and fetal complications of pregnancy with significant lifelong …

Objective: Factors associated with weight gain during pregnancy that may be linked to
maternal overweight and obesity were examined. Methods: In this observational study, 144 …

Objective: To ascertain whether increased weight gain during pregnancy resulted in higher
birth weight infants. Methods: A database was constructed from valid data of a sample of 159 …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether morbidly obese women have an increased risk of
pregnancy complications and adverse perinatal outcomes. METHODS: In a prospective …

The worldwide epidemic of obesity continues unabated. Obesity is notoriously difficult to
treat, and, thus, prevention is critical. A new paradigm for prevention, which evolved from the …

Objectives. We sought to determine the association between maternal body mass index and
risk of preterm delivery. Methods. We assessed 187 290 women in Scotland and estimated …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the absolute risks of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes
based on small differences in prepregnancy body mass (eg, 10% of body mass or 10–20 …

As obesity becomes a worldwide epidemic, its prevalence during reproductive age is also
increased. Alarming reports state that two-thirds of adults in the USA are overweight or …

Background: Little is known about associations of gestational weight gain (GWG) with long-
term maternal health. Objective: We aimed to examine associations of prepregnancy weight …

Obesity is a major public health concern. In western countries, the prevalence of obesity in
pregnant women has strongly increased, with reported prevalence rates reaching 30 …