Maternal Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain on Pregnancy Outcomes

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Authors

Nan Li · Tianjin Children's Hospital

Enqing Liu · Tianjin Children's Hospital

Jia Guo · Tianjin Children's Hospital

Lei Pan · Tianjin Children's Hospital

Baojuan Li · Tianjin Children's Hospital

Ping Wang · Tianjin Children's Hospital

Jin Liu ·

Abstract

Maternal prepregnancy obesity and excessive GWG were associated with greater risks of pregnancy-induced hypertension, caesarean delivery, and greater infant size at birth. Health care providers should inform women to start the pregnancy with a BMI in the normal weight category and limit their GWG to the range specified for their prepregnancy BMI.

Topics & Keywords

Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Pregnancy-related medical research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 8, Issue 12, pp. e82310-e82310

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082310

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