scholarly journals Physician and Patient Perspective to Weight Gain in Pregnancy

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tate L ◽  
Greene R
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Patient Perspective ◽  
In Pregnancy

Weight gain in pregnancy

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
W To
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
In Pregnancy

Food craving frequency mediates the relationship between emotional eating and excess weight gain in pregnancy

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 120-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren E. Blau ◽  
Natalia C. Orloff ◽  
Amy Flammer ◽  
Carolyn Slatch ◽  
Julia M. Hormes
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Emotional Eating ◽  
Excess Weight ◽  
Food Craving ◽  
Excess Weight Gain ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
In Pregnancy

scholarly journals The consequences of obesity and excess weight gain in pregnancy

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 450-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane E. Norman ◽  
Rebecca Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Gestational Diabetes ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Postpartum Haemorrhage ◽  
Maternal Obesity ◽  
Adverse Pregnancy Outcome ◽  
Operative Delivery ◽  
Adverse Pregnancy ◽  
In Pregnancy

The prevalence of obesity in pregnancy is rising exponentially; about 15–20% of pregnant women now enter pregnancy with a BMI which would define them as obese. This paper provides a review of the strong links between obesity and adverse pregnancy outcome which operate across a range of pregnancy complications. For example, obesity is associated with an increased risk of maternal mortality, gestational diabetes mellitus, thromboembolism, pre-eclampsia and postpartum haemorrhage. Obesity also complicates operative delivery; it makes operative delivery more difficult, increases complications and paradoxically increases the need for operative delivery. The risk of the majority of these complications is amplified by excess weight gain in pregnancy and increases in proportion to the degree of obesity, for example, women with extreme obesity have OR of 7·89 for gestational diabetes and 3·84 for postpartum haemorrhage compared to their lean counterparts. The consequences of maternal obesity do not stop once the baby is born. Maternal obesity programmes a variety of long-term adverse outcomes, including obesity in the offspring at adulthood. Such an effect is mediated at least in part via high birthweight; a recent study has suggested that the odds of adult obesity are two-fold greater in babies weighing more than 4 kg at birth. The mechanism by which obesity causes adverse pregnancy outcome is uncertain. This paper reviews the emerging evidence that hyperglycaemia and insulin resistance may both play a role: the links between hyperglycaemia in pregnancy and both increased birthweight and insulin resistance have been demonstrated in two large studies. Lastly, we discuss the nature and rationale for possible intervention strategies in obese pregnant women.

scholarly journals Lower education predicts poor response to dietary intervention in pregnancy, regardless of neighbourhood affluence: secondary analysis from the ROLO randomised control trial

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (16) ◽  
pp. 2959-2969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen C O’Brien ◽  
Goiuri Alberdi ◽  
Aisling A Geraghty ◽  
Fionnuala M McAuliffe
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Gestational Weight Gain ◽  
Dietary Intervention ◽  
Randomised Control Trial ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Education Session ◽  
Neighbourhood Deprivation ◽  
Gestational Weight ◽  
Dietary Education ◽  
In Pregnancy

AbstractObjectiveTo determine if response to a low glycaemic index (GI) dietary intervention, measured by changes in dietary intake and gestational weight gain, differed across women of varying socio-economic status (SES).DesignSecondary data analysis of the ROLO randomised control trial. The intervention consisted of a two-hour low-GI dietary education session in early pregnancy. Change in GI was measured using 3 d food diaries pre- and post-intervention. Gestational weight gain was categorised as per the 2009 Institute of Medicine guidelines. SES was measured using education and neighbourhood deprivation.SettingThe National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.SubjectsWomen (n 625) recruited to the ROLO randomised control trial.ResultsThe intervention significantly reduced GI and excess gestational weight gain (EGWG) among women with third level education residing in both disadvantaged (GI, mean (sd), intervention v. control: −3·30 (5·15) v. −0·32 (4·22), P=0·024; EGWG, n (%), intervention v. control: 7 (33·6) v. 22 (67·9); P=0·022) and advantaged areas (GI: −1·13 (3·88) v. 0·06 (3·75), P=0·020; EGWG: 41 (34·1) v. 58 (52·6); P=0·006). Neither GI nor gestational weight gain differed between the intervention and control group among women with less than third level education, regardless of neighbourhood deprivation.ConclusionsA single dietary education session was not effective in reducing GI or gestational weight gain among less educated women. Multifaceted, appropriate and practical approaches are required in pregnancy interventions to improve pregnancy outcomes for less educated women.

scholarly journals Evaluating the association of physical activity and weight gain in pregnancy

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Lydia B Alexander ◽  
Taryn E Nishimura ◽  
Debra S Brandt ◽  
Kellie M Thomas ◽  
Nicholas J Evans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
In Pregnancy
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