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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The Relationship Between Maternal Pre-pregnancy BMI and Preschool Obesity
TL;DR: OLS models that rely on across-family comparisons indicate a significant correlation between maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and preschool obesity, but maternal fixed effects render those associations insignificant, indicating that the in utero transmission of obesity is likely not driving the increase in childhood obesity.
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Nurse Titration of Oxytocin for Post-Dates Labor Induction Across Body Mass Index Categories
TL;DR: This dissertation consists of an integrative literature and a retrospective cohort study to determine whether intrapartum nurses administer oxytocin infusion differently among normal weight, overweight, and obese women, and whether any differences in administration were related to differences in labor outcomes.
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Associations of maternal anthropometrics with newborn anogenital distance and the 2:4 digit ratio.
Maria E Kloboves,Diana C. Pacyga,Joseph C. Gardiner,Jodi A. Flaws,Susan L. Schantz,Rita S. Strakovsky +5 more
TL;DR: Increased maternal weight and adiposity before and in early pregnancy may lengthen the female AGD, which warrants further investigation.
A stakeholder examination of gestational weight gain guidelines
TL;DR: A mixed-methods approach was used to assess both perspectives of both pregnant and postpartum women, and obstetric healthcare providers on gestational weight gain, finding a disconnect between providers' perceptions of GWG information dissemination and patients' reported experiences.
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Impact of Co-Occurrence of Obesity and SARS-CoV-2 Infection during Pregnancy on Placental Pathologies and Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis
TL;DR: In this paper , the co-occurrence of high maternal body mass index (BMI) and gestational SARS-CoV-2 infection are detrimental to fetoplacental development.
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