Do current pregnancy weight gain guidelines balance risks of adverse maternal and child health in a United States cohort?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Institute of Medicine pregnancy weight gain guidelines were developed without evidence linking high weight gain to maternal cardiometabolic disease and child obesity. The upper limit of current recommendations may be too high for the health of the pregnant individual and child.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to identify the range of pregnancy weight gain for pregnancies within a normal body mass index (BMI) range that balances the risks of high and low weight gain by simultaneously considering 10 different health conditions.

Methods

We used data from an United States prospective cohort study of nulliparae followed until 2 to 7 y postpartum (N = 2344 participants with a normal BMI). Pregnancy weight gain z-score was the main exposure. The outcome w

SUBMITTER: Bodnar LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10884606 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature