Recommendations regarding the counselling of obese pregnant women and specific
guidelines for the obstetrician, family physician, or midwife managing the pregnancy are …

The increasing prevalence of maternal obesity worldwide provides a major challenge to
obstetric practice from preconception to postpartum. Maternal obesity can result in …

Objectives To describe the distribution of weight in pregnant women and evaluate the
influence of obesity on pregnancy outcome in a high parity northern Israeli population …

Obesity has increased dramatically in the United States over the last several decades, with
approximately 40% of women now considered overweight or obese. Obesity has been …

The increasing rate of maternal obesity provides a major challenge to obstetric practice.
Maternal obesity can result in negative outcomes for both women and fetuses. The maternal …

Objective: To review the literature addressing the effect of obesity on pregnancy outcomes
and to identify practice and research implications. Data Sources: Computerized searches in …

In recent years, the prevalence of obesity in the United States has risen dramatically,
especially among women of reproductive age. Research that has specifically evaluated …

Maternal obesity is an important aspect of reproductive care. It is the commonest risk factor
for maternal mortality in developed countries and is also associated with a wide spectrum of …

Maternal obesity is now considered one of the most commonly occurring risk factors seen in
obstetric practice. Compared with women with a healthy pre-pregnancy weight, women with …

Objective To review the effects of obesity on reproduction and pregnancy outcome. Methods
A search of the literature was performed using key word searching and citation snowballing …