The association between personal weight gain goals, provider recommendations, and appropriate gestational weight gain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nearly half of all women exceed the 2009 Institute of Medicine guidelines for gestational weight gain. Excess gestational weight gain is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Objective

Our objective was to determine whether having a personal gestational weight gain goal consistent with the Institute of Medicine's recommendations for appropriate gestational weight gain and whether having a discussion with one's obstetrical provider regarding that goal were associated with appropriate gestational weight gain.

Study design

This is a secondary analysis of the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: Monitoring Mothers-To-Be study, a prospective cohort study of nulliparous women. We asked women at their first study visit (between 6 and 13 weeks' gestation) wh

SUBMITTER: Dude AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10569209 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature