Background Maternal obesity is emerging as a public health problem, recently highlighted
together with maternal under-nutrition as a 'double burden', especially in African countries …

Background Universal screening for hyperglycemia during pregnancy may be in-practical in
resource constrained countries. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop a simple …

Background. Nutrition in pregnancy has implications for both mother and fetus, hence the
importance of an accurate assessment at the booking visit during antenatal care. The body …

Background: Obesity is a well-established independent risk factor for hypertension and other
cardiometabolic disorders. However, the best anthropometric index of obesity that predicts …

Abstract Background In the African region, 5.6% of pregnancies are estimated to be
complicated by preeclampsia and 2.9% by eclampsia, with almost one in ten maternal …

Obesity is a pandemic found in many countries. It is estimated that, in 2025, more than 21%
of women in the world will suffer from obesity and its number keeps increasing yearly …

Background Hyperglycemia in pregnancy is a medical condition resulting from either pre-
existing diabetes or insulin resistance developed during pregnancy. This study aimed to …

This study proposed to establish a correlation between the risk score for child obesity and
anthropometric, genetic, and bioimpedance characteristics in mothers and newborns, and to …

Objective: To assess the strength of correlation and agreement between mid-upper arm
circumference (MUAC) and BMI, and determine suitable MUAC cut-offs, to detect wasting …

This study aimed to assess the validity of mid-arm circumference (MAC), also known as mid-
upper arm circumference (MUAC), for classification of high body fatness in Namibian …