Is obesity still increasing among pregnant women? Prepregnancy obesity trends in 20 states, 2003-2009.
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Overall, prepregnancy obesity prevalence continues to increase and varies by race-ethnicity and maternal age and the need to address obesity as a key component of preconception care, particularly among high-risk groups is highlighted.About:
This article is published in Preventive Medicine.The article was published on 2013-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 236 citations till now.read more
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Strategies to reduce disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality: The role of obesity and metabolic disease.
TL;DR: Research and clinical efforts should focus on implementation of healthy lifestyle interventions preconceptually and risk reduction efforts in disease complications during pregnancy, thereby, improving a woman's long-term metabolic health.
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Effects of a lifestyle intervention on postpartum weight retention among women with elevated weight
TL;DR: The effectiveness of a pregnancy and postpartum behavioral lifestyle intervention on post-partum weight retention was examined.
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Women's body mass index and oral administration of Misoprostol for induction of labor - A retrospective cohort study.
TL;DR: In this article, the cumulative dose of Misoprostol needed for induction of labor (IOL) is associated with women's body mass index (BMI), and the authors conducted a retrospective study of the use of oral MISOProstol for IOL at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aarhus University Hospital.
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Maternal adiposity, insulin sensitivity and inflammation, and infant adiposity: associations with offspring autonomic nervous system development
TL;DR: This work presents a meta-analysis of human infant development in the context of a rapidly changing environment and investigates the links between maternal and infant nutrition, insulin sensitivity, and inflammatory cytokines.
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Secular trends in postpartum weight retention from 2003 to 2012: a nationwide, population-based, retrospective, longitudinal study in South Korea
TL;DR: Secular increases in PWR have been significantly observed between 2003 and 2012 for childbearing women and it is necessary to identify risk factors contributing to the observed increase and develop effective strategies to address the heightened risk for PWR.
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TL;DR: Obesity has increased at an alarming rate in the United States over the past three decades and the associations of obesity with gender, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status are complex and dynamic.