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- Title
Gestational weight gain and medical outcomes of pregnancy.
- Authors
Ferraro, Zachary M.; Contador, Fernanda; Tawfiq, Afaf; Adamo, Kristi B.; Gaudet, Laura
- Abstract
This narrative review discusses gestational weight gain (GWG) and medical outcomes of pregnancy, including metabolic, cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal and psychiatric systems. Taken as a whole, the available evidence shows that excessive GWG increases the risk of all medical complications of pregnancy, and negatively impacts the long-term health and weight of both mothers and their offspring. Briefly, interventions to encourage appropriate GWG are discussed and readers are directed to resources to facilitate discussion of pregnancy weight.
- Subjects
CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; EVALUATION of medical care; MUSCULOSKELETAL system diseases; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY complications; WEIGHT gain; PREGNANCY
- Publication
Obstetric Medicine (1753-495X), 2015, Vol 8, Issue 3, p133
- ISSN
1753-495X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1753495X15591320