A meta-review of systematic reviews of lifestyle interventions for reducing gestational weight gain in women with overweight or obesity.

ABSTRACT: Women with overweight or obesity are twice as likely to gain excessive gestational weight than women of normal weight. Identifying effective interventions to support this group achieve healthy gestational weight gain is important. An overview of systematic reviews regarding the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions on gestational weight gain in women with overweight or obesity was undertaken, including searching eight electronic databases. Quality of included reviews was assessed by two independent researchers. A narrative data synthesis was undertaken, with subgroup and sensitivity analyses by type of intervention and quality of the included reviews. A total of 15 systematic reviews were included within this meta-review. A small reduction in gestational weight gain of between 0.3 and 2

SUBMITTER: Fair F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8047893 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature