OBJECTIVES. Guidelines from the Institute of Medicine's 1990 report call for weight gains
during pregnancy that are higher than those previously recommended. This study examines …

OBJECTIVES: To identify factors influencing risk of gaining outside the Institute of Medicine
recommendations for pregnancy weight gain, and to determine whether these factors differ …

OBJECTIVES: This study describes the pattern of maternal weight gain in women with good
pregnancy outcomes and provides data to fill in the provisional weight-gain charts published …

In a large sample (N= 7116) of women who had two pregnancies within six years, the 50th
percentile of weight gain between pregnancies was 2 lb (0.9 kg). Weight gain in pregnancy …

Weight gain advice showed a notable shift for white married mothers during the 1980s, with
a large decline in reported advice of less than 22 pounds concomitant with a substantial …

Objective To determine whether the overall retention of weight gained during pregnancy and
the factors affecting postpartum weight retention differ by race. Methods Data from the 1988 …

Objective: To evaluate whether advice on pregnancy weight gain from health care
professionals, women's target weight gain (how much weight women thought they should …

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention directed
at preventing excessive gestational weight gain. STUDY DESIGN: Healthy pregnant women …

A study group of 795 women was followed with frequent weight measurements and
questionnaires about their activities for 6 months postpartum. The mean (+/-SD) net weight …

Recent Institute of Medicine recommendations for weight gain in pregnancy advocate a
marked increase over prior guidelines, and for reasons that must be questioned. The …