Trial reportJournal of women's health (2002)2011
Practitioner advice and gestational weight gain.
Trial report in Journal of women's health (2002), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Targeting obstetric providers in interventions for obesity and gestational weight gain: A systematic review.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
- Provider advice, pregnant persons' expectations, and actual gestational weight gain among United States military health care beneficiaries: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Trial
- Effect of Evidence-Based Materials and Access to Local Resources on Physical Activity Levels, Beliefs, and Motivation During Pregnancy in a Rural Setting.Journal of physical activity & health · 2020Trial
- Healthy conversation skills as an intervention to support healthy gestational weight gain: Experience and perceptions from intervention deliverers and participants.Patient education and counseling · 2019Trial
- Pragmatic cluster randomised trial of a free telephone-based health coaching program to support women in managing weight gain during pregnancy: the Get Healthy in Pregnancy Trial.BMC health services research · 2016Trial
- Does behavioral intervention in pregnancy reduce postpartum weight retention? Twelve-month outcomes of the Fit for Delivery randomized trial.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2014Trial
- Dietary quality is associated with lower postpartum weight retention among women with prior gestational diabetes in a sub-high altitude region of China.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Excessive gestational weight gain associated with higher risk of cesarean delivery across body mass index categories in the United States.Journal of gynecology obstetrics and human reproduction · 2025Article
- Gestational weight gain and increased risk of cesarean delivery across body mass index categories.AJOG global reports · 2025Article
- Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes and Practices According to Their Recommendations on Exercise during the First Trimester of Pregnancy: A Greek Cross-Sectional Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Healthcare Professionals' Beliefs and Views towards Exercise during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Disordered eating during pregnancy among individuals participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).Eating behaviors · 2023Article
- Preventive Counseling in Routine Prenatal Care-A Qualitative Study of Pregnant Women's Perspectives on a Lifestyle Intervention, Contrasted with the Experiences of Healthcare Providers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Healthcare Providers' Advice About Gestational Weight Gain, Diet, and Exercise: a Cross-Sectional Study with Brazilian Immigrant Women in the USA.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
- Evaluating Evidence-Based Content, Features of Exercise Instruction, and Expert Involvement in Physical Activity Apps for Pregnant Women: Systematic Search and Content Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Review
- Factors associated with early gestational weight gain among women with pre-pregnancy overweight or obesity.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology · 2021Article
- The impact of setting a pregnancy weight gain goal on total weight gain.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2021Article
- Physical Activity during Pregnancy may Mitigate Adverse Outcomes Resulting from COVID-19 and Distancing Regulations: Perspectives of Prenatal Healthcare Providers in the Southern Region of the United States.International journal of exercise science · 2021Article
- Association of provider advice and gestational weight gain in twin pregnancies: a cross-sectional electronic survey.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Patient and obstetric provider communication regarding weight gain management among socioeconomically disadvantaged African American women who are overweight/obese.Women & health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study was to investigate receipt of gestational weight gain advice in prenatal care and ideal and expected gestational weight gain outcomes for normal weight and overweight/obese women.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study of normal weight (n = 203) and overweight/obese (n = 198) women in early (<16 weeks) pregnancy.
resultsLess than half of participants (41.7%) reported receiving weight gain advice from a practitioner. In multivariate models, pregravid weight status was not significantly related to receiving advice. However, women with lower income (odds ratio [OR] 0.31, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.13-0.77, p = 0.01), younger age (OR 0.93, 95% CI 0.87-0.99, p = 0.02), and multiparity (OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.28-0.87, p = 0.02) were least likely to report receiving advice. Among those receiving advice, most (85%) received accurate advice; however, overweight/obese women were more likely to be advised to overgain compared with normal weight women (22.2% vs. 2.3%, p = 0.0001). Overweight/obese women were also more likely than normal weight women to report ideal (OR 7.2, 95% CI 2.3-22.7, p = 0.001) and expected (OR 4.7, 95% CI 2.6-8.4, p = 0.0001) pregnancy weight gains above Institute of Medicine guidelines. Further, a consistent relationship was observed between higher ideal and expected weight gains and greater first trimester weight gain (p < 0.03).
conclusionsClinicians should be encouraged to provide timely and accurate advice to women about gestational weight gain. Interventions to promote healthy gestational weight gain may benefit from targeting women's beliefs about ideal and expected gestational weight gain.
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