Background: The primary aim of this study was to examine weight gain during pregnancy
and associated adverse outcomes across different types of antenatal health care providers …

Background It is unclear how adherence to the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) guidelines for
weight gain affects pregnancy outcomes. Objective We investigated how weight gain outside …

Background Over one third of reproductive age women in the US are obese. Pregnancy is a
strong risk factor for obesity, with excess weight gain as the greatest predictor of long term …

Background: Both high and insufficient weight gain during pregnancy have been associated
with adverse outcomes for mothers and their offspring. Objectives: To describe self-reported …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate pregnancy outcomes according to 2009 Institute of Medicine (IOM)
gestational weight gain guidelines. METHODS: This study is a secondary analysis of a …

The study aims to describe overall gestational weight gain among Canadian women and to
assess demographic, socio-economic, maternal, and pregnancy-related characteristics of …

Background Suboptimal weight gain during pregnancy is a potentially modifiable risk factor.
We aimed to investigate the association between suboptimal gestational weight gain and …

Objective Excess weight gain during pregnancy is associated with increased risks of
overweight and obesity in both women and their children. Conversely, inadequate weight …

We investigated the association between 2009 IOM recommendations and adverse infant
outcomes by maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI). Birth outcomes for 570,672 …

Objective: To compare the actual maternal weight gain to that recommended by the Institute
of Medicine (IOM) in term singleton gestations. Methods: We used data from the Slovenian …