1. Gestational Weight Gain - United States, 2012 and 2013.
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Deputy, Nicholas P., Sharma, Andrea J., and Kim, Shin Y.
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LEANNESS ,MEDICAL protocols ,OBESITY ,PRENATAL care ,RESEARCH funding ,WEIGHT gain ,BODY mass index ,RELATIVE medical risk - Abstract
The article discusses gestational weight gain (GWG) in the U.S. in 2012 and 2013. Topics include the The Institute of Medicine (IOM) GWG recommendations that promote optimal health by balancing risks associated with GWG and are specific to a woman's prepregnancy body mass indec (BMI), the prevalence of appropriate GWG and inappropriate GWG among pregnant women, and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists's recommendations for calculating a woman's prepregnancy BMI.
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- 2015
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