2010
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2010000500024
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Abstract: In order to describe adequacy of weight gain during pregnancy and its association with pre-pregnancy nutritional status and other factors, a cohort study of pregnant women enrolled at 16-36 weeks of gestation and followed up until delivery was carried out in prenatal care in primary care services in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Maternal weight was recorded at each prenatal care visit. Weight gain was classified as "adequate," "insufficient" or "excessive" (Institute of Medicine). Poisson regression was use… Show more

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“…Total weight gain between 5 and 9kg was considered appropriate when pre-pregnancy BMI was higher or equal than 30.0kg/m 2 . Incidences of pregnancy weight gain according to the categories of pre-pregnancy BMI 20 are showed in Table 4.…”
Section: Comparison Using Real Datamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Total weight gain between 5 and 9kg was considered appropriate when pre-pregnancy BMI was higher or equal than 30.0kg/m 2 . Incidences of pregnancy weight gain according to the categories of pre-pregnancy BMI 20 are showed in Table 4.…”
Section: Comparison Using Real Datamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Pregnant women who had no weight registry beyond the 28th week were excluded. Further details regarding gestational weight gain were previously published (35) . Total weight gain was classified according to the 2009 IOM recommendations.…”
Section: Study Design and Samplementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Other studies also found high percentages of pregnant women with weight gain above the recommended: 29% in Rio de Janeiro (17) ; 36% in Sao Paulo (18) ; 39%, 44% and 56% in pregnant women who started the pregnancy underweight, with adequate weight and overweight/obese, respectively, in Recife (9) ; 44% in Campina Grande, PB (8) ; and 45% in Rio Grande do Sul (11) . In addition to being associated with pre-gestational overweight/ obesity, excessive weight gain has been associated with the social variables of the women, such as better education and stable marital status (with partner) (9) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 90%
“…This result is worrying because maternal obesity is associated with increased risk for gestational diabetes, macrosomia, hypertensive disorders, preeclampsia, stillbirth, premature birth and perinatal mortality (10)(11) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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