Recent years have witnessed a worldwide increase in the prevalence of pre-pregnancy
maternal obesity. A survey carried out in the USA between 2003 and 2006 reported that …

The worldwide rates of obesity have increased significantly in recent decades. In the United
States, more than 50% of pregnant women are overweight or obese. Obese gravid women …

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 …

Paralleling the global epidemic of obesity figures in the general population, the incidence of
maternal obesity (BMI> 30 kg/m 2 at the start of pregnancy) has been rising over the last …

As the prevalence of obesity is currently increasing in Western countries, maternal obesity is
one of the most frequently encountered high-risk obstetrical situations. Pregnancies in …

Obesity, the most common metabolic disorder, concerns, among others, women of
reproductive age and, when it occurs before or during pregnancy, constitutes a major risk …

The worldwide prevalence of obesity has risen over the past few decades and women are
currently more likely than ever to enter pregnancy obese. Pre-pregnancy obesity and …

Obesity among pregnant women is becoming one of the most important women's health
issues. Obesity is associated with increased risk of almost all pregnancy complications …

Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic. 1 The latest reports of the World Health
Organization (WHO) indicate that in 2005, approximately 1.6 billion adults were overweight …

Obesity is pandemic in the United States and across the globe; according to the most recent
statistics, almost two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight or obese. 1 It affects …