Maternal fat, but not lean, mass is increased among overweight/obese women with excess gestational weight gain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Weight gain in pregnancy is an essential physiologic adaptation that supports growth and development of a fetus and is distributed among lean mass that includes total body water and fat mass gains. Although gestational weight gain provides a source of energy for the mother and fetus, excess gestational weight gain may underlie reported associations between parity and future metabolic disorders and is linked to postpartum weight retention and insulin resistance. Although weight gain often is proposed as a modifiable variable to mitigate adverse maternal and offspring health outcomes, our knowledge of specific maternal body composition changes with weight gain and the potential metabolic consequences is limited. Furthermore, although gestational weight gain alters maternal

SUBMITTER: Berggren EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4884531 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature