Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index, Gestational Weight Gain, and Birth Weight: A Cohort Study in China

201577 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Shaoping Yang · Wuhan Medical Center for Women and Children

Anna Peng · Wuhan Medical Center for Women and Children

Sheng Wei · Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Jing Wu · Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Jinzhu Zhao · Wuhan Medical Center for Women and Children

Yiming Zhang · Wuhan Medical Center for Women and Children

Jing Wang

Abstract

A GWG above IOM recommendations might not be helpful for Chinese women. We need unified criteria to classify adult BMI and to expand the sample size to improve representation and to elucidate the relationship between GWG and related outcomes for developing a Chinese GWG recommendation.

Topics & Keywords

Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Birth, Development, and Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 10, Issue 6, pp. e0130101-e0130101

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130101

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