Gestational weight gain below recommendations and adverse maternal and child health outcomes for pregnancies with overweight or obesity: a United States cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The current Institute of Medicine (IOM) pregnancy weight gain guidelines were developed using the best available evidence but were limited by substantial knowledge gaps. Some have raised concern that the guidelines for individuals affected by overweight or obesity are too high and contribute to short- and long-term complications for the mother and child.

Objectives

To determine the association between pregnancy weight gain below the lower limit of the current IOM recommendations and risk of 10 adverse maternal and child health outcomes among individuals with overweight and obesity.

Methods

We used data from a prospective cohort study of United States nulliparae with prepregnancy overweight (n = 955) or obesity (n = 897) followed from the first trimester to

SUBMITTER: Bodnar LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11393396 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature