Variations in resting energy expenditure: impact on gestational weight gain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are significant variations in gestational weight gain, with many women gaining in excess of the Institute of Medicine guidelines. Unfortunately, efforts to improve appropriate gestational weight gain have had only limited success. To date, interventions have focused primarily on decreasing energy intake and/or increasing physical activity. Maternal resting energy expenditure, which comprises ∼60% of total energy expenditure compared with the ∼20% that comes from physical activity, may be an important consideration in understanding variations in gestational weight gain.

Objective

Our objective was to quantify the changes in resting energy expenditure during pregnancy and their relationship to gestational weight gain and body composition changes among healthy

SUBMITTER: Berggren EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5614817 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature