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Excessive gestational weight gain prior to glucose screening and the risk of gestational diabetes: a meta-analysis.
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85 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 161 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of different types of physical exercises on gestational weight gain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Attenuating Pregnancy Weight Gain-What Works and Why: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2018Pooled it
- Effects of low-glycemic-index diets in pregnancy on maternal and newborn outcomes in pregnant women: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.European journal of nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- Obesity and gynaecological and obstetric conditions: umbrella review of the literature.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2017Pooled it
- Acceptability and feasibility of a planned preconception weight loss intervention in women with long-acting reversible contraception: the Plan-it mixed-methods study.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2023Trial
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- Mediators of Lifestyle Behaviour Changes in Obese Pregnant Women. Secondary Analyses from the DALI Lifestyle Randomised Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- Effects of a lifestyle intervention during pregnancy to prevent excessive gestational weight gain in routine care - the cluster-randomised GeliS trial.BMC medicine · 2019Trial
- Cost-effectiveness of healthy eating and/or physical activity promotion in pregnant women at increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: economic evaluation alongside the DALI study, a European multicenter randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Trial
- Exercise training during pregnancy reduces circulating insulin levels in overweight/obese women postpartum: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial (the ETIP trial).BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Trial
- Exercise Training and Weight Gain in Obese Pregnant Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial (ETIP Trial).PLoS medicine · 2016Trial
- Pregnancy Weight Gain and Longer-Term Maternal Cardiometabolic Conditions.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2026Article
- Change of maternal weight gain trajectory following lifestyle interventions for gestational diabetes and its impact on abnormal infant birthweight: an observational study based on longitudinal weight measurements.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Observational
- Adolescent cognitive function and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: A retrospective population-based cohort study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Glucose metabolism, lipid metabolism, and body composition of pregnant women personalized nutritional management based on pre-pregnancy BMI and percent body fat.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Early pregnancy body mass index outweighs gestational weight gain in predicting gestational diabetes mellitus: A single-center experience from Türkiye.Qatar medical journal · 2026Article
- Development and multicenter validation of a novel model for selective screening of gestational diabetes mellitus: the Vietnam gestational diabetes mellitus study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Early Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis: A Strategy for Mitigating Excessive Maternal Weight Gain-LINDA-Brasil Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Which dietary pattern should be adopt by age-appropriate pregnant women to avoid gestational weight gain and gestational diabetes mellitus.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
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Abstract
aims/hypothesisExcessive gestational weight gain (GWG) may be a risk factor for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). We aimed to study the association between excessive GWG (defined according to Institute of Medicine recommendations) prior to GDM screening, and GDM.
methodsWe systematically searched four electronic databases from 1990 until September 2014 for observational studies published in English or German that reported an association between excessive GWG and GDM as the outcome. Random effects meta-analyses were performed to provide a pooled estimate of the OR comparing the risk of GDM in women with and without excessive GWG.
resultsA total of eight studies involving 13,748 participants were included. The pooled analysis of unadjusted OR yielded a summary OR of 1.40 (95% CI 1.21, 1.61; p < 0.001) with low between-study heterogeneity (I(2) = 16.7%). A sensitivity analysis based on four studies reporting adjusted effect estimates revealed similar results (OR 1.42; 95% CI 1.20, 1.68; p < 0.001; I(2) = 0%). No evidence was found that the effect of GWG on GDM differs depending on maternal pre-pregnancy BMI category. A funnel plot did not indicate substantial publication bias. CONCLUSIONS/
interpretationAvoiding excessive weight gain in pregnancy prior to the GDM screening test may be a potential strategy to reduce GDM risk. META-ANALYSIS REGISTRATION: www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO CRD42014008802.
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