The prevalence of obesity in pregnancy is rising exponentially; about 15–20% of pregnant
women now enter pregnancy with a BMI which would define them as obese. This paper …

Using the Foucaultian concepts of biopower and biocitizenship, critical scholars of childhood
“obesity” have shown how fat mothers are labeled as “risks” not only to their children, but …

Fat pregnant women are being targeted with obesity management strategies in maternity
care as a result of contemporary anxieties about the future health harms and health care …

This article explores how fat pregnant people construct successful narratives around their
pregnancies and birthing. Fat pregnant people are a critical site for the war on fatness; …

Obese pregnant women (BMI> 30 kg/m²) are at an increased risk of developing
complications during pregnancy, labour and birth. Furthermore, their offspring are at risk of …

Objectives To determine whether attendance at a specialised multidisciplinary antenatal
clinic for women with class III obesity (BMI> 40 kg/m2) is associated with improved clinical …

目的: 探讨妊娠早中晚期营养干预对降低巨大儿出生的影响. 方法: 选择2013 年2 月~ 2014 年6
月于该院定期产检并分娩607 例孕妇, 简单随机分为试验组和对照组, 试验组由自愿接受营养 …

Obesity is the UK's most prevalent antenatal comorbidity, and reducing rates of maternal
obesity and risk management of complications in pregnancy and labour is a priority for the …

This thesis responds to a cultural moment in which the reproductive potential of fat women's
bodies has been problematised as a public health crisis. A surge in medical scientific …

Nutrition and Epigenetics presents new information on the action of diet and nutritional
determinants in regulating the epigenetic control of gene expression in health and disease …