Women who gain excessive weight during pregnancy have an increased risk of post‐partum
obesity, and retention of gestational weight gain (GWG) post birth is a strong predictor of …

This review uses the 1990 US Institute of Medicine (IOM) gestational weight gain
recommendations to examine the question, what is a healthy pregnancy weight gain? The …

Postpartum weight retention plays an important role in the pathway leading to obesity
among women of childbearing age. The objective of this study was to examine predictors of …

Objective To minimise obese women's total weight gain during pregnancy to less than 7 kg
and to investigate the delivery and neonatal outcome. Design A prospective case–control …

OBJECTIVES: To explore the views of pre-and post-natal women and health professionals
regarding gestational weight gain. The health professionals' views concerning their …

Background Excess gestational weight gain (GWG) is an important risk factor for long term
obesity in women. However, current interventions aimed at preventing excess GWG appear …

Background obstetric and midwifery literature continually emphasise incidence and
consequence of obesity in pregnancy. However, they offer less consensus on how best to …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper was to describe the rationale, data collection, and
proposed analyses for examination of mediators of change in physical activity from …

The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical and non-clinical outcomes that
pregnant women with obesity value as pertaining to their health and that of their babies. In …

Objective to describe obese women's experiences of participating in a lifestyle intervention
and its experienced impact on health and lifestyle. Design qualitative method with a …