Maternal anthropometry: trends and inequalities in four population-based birth cohorts in Pelotas, Brazil, 1982-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pre-pregnancy nutritional status and weight gain during pregnancy have short- and long-term consequences for the health of women and children. This study was aimed at evaluating maternal height,- and overweight or obesity at the beginning of the pregnancy and gestational weight gain, according to socioeconomic status and maternal skin colour of mothers in Pelotas, a southern Brazilian city, in 1982, 1993, 2004 and 2015.

Methods

In 1982, 1993, 2004 and 2015, the maternity hospitals in Pelotas were visited daily, all deliveries were identified and mothers who lived in the urban area of the city were interviewed. Maternal weight at the beginning of the pregnancy was self-reported by the mother or obtained from the antenatal card. Maternal height was collected from th

SUBMITTER: Horta BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6422063 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature