ArticleObesity facts2013
Maternal obesity and pre-pregnancy folic acid supplementation.
Article in Obesity facts, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Association of nutrient intake and dietary patterns with serum folate and anemia-related biomarkers in Taiwanese pregnant women with pre-pregnancy overweightness or obesity.International journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Prenatal Surgery for Open Fetal Spina Bifida in Patients with Obesity: A Review of Current Evidence and Future Directions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Contribution of obesity to racial and ethnic disparities in the risk of fetal myelomeningocele: a population-based study.AJOG global reports · 2024Article
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- An evaluation of adherence to folic acid supplementation in pregnant women during early gestation for the prevention of neural tube defects.Public health nutrition · 2022Observational
- Epidemiology and (Patho)Physiology of Folic Acid Supplement Use in Obese Women before and during Pregnancy.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Preconception Lifestyle and Weight-Related Behaviors by Maternal Body Mass Index: A Cross-Sectional Study of Pregnant Women.Nutrients · 2019Article
- Duration of periconceptional folic acid supplementation in women booking for antenatal care.Public health nutrition · 2017Observational
- Pre-pregnancy obesity and non-adherence to multivitamin use: findings from the National Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (2009-2011).BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this nested cohort study was to compare the rate of pre-pregnancy supplementation in obese women with that of women with a normal BMI.
methodsPregnant women were enrolled at their convenience in a large university hospital. Weight and height were measured in the first trimester and BMI categorised.
resultsOf the 288 women, 35.1% were in the normal, 29.5% in the overweight and 35.4% in the obese BMI categories. Only 45.1% (n = 46) of the obese women took pre-pregnancy folic acid compared with 60.4% (n = 61) of women with a normal BMI (p < 0.03). The lower incidence of folic acid supplementation in obese women was associated with an unplanned pregnancy in 36.3% of women compared with 22.8% in the normal BMI category (p < 0.04).
conclusionsObese women should take folate supplements whether they are planning to conceive or not.
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