Maternal Obesity: Consequences and Prevention Strategies

Abstract

Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to life expectancy and increased health problems. In keeping with the general international trend of rising prevalence of obesity, maternal obesity prevalence is rising. According to WHO, the prevalence of obesity in pregnancy ranges from 1.8 to 25.3%. Maternal obesity has been identified to be a risk factor for maternal and perinatal mortality. The aim of this article was reviewed in research about maternal obesity in Pubmed, which published between 2009 and 2010. 7 reviews and 13 studies was examined and they presented under this headings: impacts of maternal obesity in pregnancy, obstetric outcomes of maternal obesity, postpartum outcomes of maternal obesity, impact of maternal obesity on breastfeeding, impact of maternal obesity on procedure of anomaly scan and risk determination, maternal obesity and fetal complications, impact of maternal obesity on Apgar scores, obesity and infertility, pregnancy following bariatric surgery, long term effects of obesity, management of maternal obesity. [TAF Prev Med Bull 2012; 11(3.000): 353-364

Effects of gestational weight gain and body mass index on obstetric outcome

“…There are studies showing that there are differences between the parity and age, and pregnancy body weight gain as well as the ones reporting a positive relationship between them (Wolfe et al, 2011, Scott-Pillai et al, 2013 Akgün, 2013, Yanıkkerem and Mutlu, 2014, Ata and Şahin, 2015). In our study, it was determined that there was no significant difference in terms of education, gestational week, and amniotomy rates among the BMI groups, but multiparas and elderly women in each category of BMI were found to have gained more weight in gestation than primipara and younger women.…”

The Characteristics of Non-Diabetic Mothers with Macrosomic Newborns

“…Globally, especially in the west, the increasing rate of obesity is an important public health concern where 11% of pregnant women are obese and 28% are overweight (6). The risk of macrosomia has been shown to increase with ppBMI in previous studies (7). The current guidelines, recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to limit negative pregnancy outcomes, provide ranges of GWG based on ppBMI (8).…”

Bir Üniversite Hastanesinde Doğum Yapan Kadınların Doğum Öncesi Bakım İçeriğinin Değerlendirilmesi

“…26 Obez olmanın kadınlarda antenatal, intrapartum, postpartum ve neonatal dönem komplikasyonlarını artırdığı bildirilmiştir. 27 Bu komplikasyonlar arasında düşükler, konjenital anomaliler, hipertansiyon, preeklamsi, diyabetes mellitus ve venöz tromboembolizm sıralanmaktadır. Obez gebelerin indüksiyon ve sezaryen riskinin arttığı ve bebeklerinin çoğunlukla makrozomik olduğu, hastanede kalma süresinin uzadığı saptanmıştır.…”

“…Obez gebelerin indüksiyon ve sezaryen riskinin arttığı ve bebeklerinin çoğunlukla makrozomik olduğu, hastanede kalma süresinin uzadığı saptanmıştır. 27 Çalışmamızda kadınların kilo izlem oranı %90,2 olarak bulunmuştur. Çatak ve ark.…”