ReviewAmerican journal of obstetrics and gynecology2017
Gestational weight gain.
Review in American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04605406 (Daily Step Count and Achieving Goal Gestational Weight Gain), which is not on this map. Cited by 201 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Daily Step Count and Achieving Goal Gestational Weight Gain
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201 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 405 citations in OpenAlex.
- Physical activity during pregnancy and gestational weight gain depending on pre-pregnancy body mass index: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of strength training on quality of life in pregnant women: A systematic review.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Pooled it
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- Comparing body image dissatisfaction between pregnant women and non-pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of motivational interviewing and/or cognitive behaviour therapy techniques on gestational weight gain - a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of multimodal nutrition interventions during pregnancy to achieve 2009 Institute of Medicine gestational weight gain guidelines: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Association Between Gestational Weight Gain and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Offspring: A Meta-Analysis.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of Physical Activity Interventions on Pregnancy-Related Outcomes among Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Gestational weight gain and group prenatal care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Pooled it
- Mediating effect of gestational weight gain on the preventive effect of exercise during pregnancy on macrosomia: a randomized clinical trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Trial
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- Gestational weight gain during the second and third trimesters and adverse pregnancy outcomes, results from a prospective pregnancy cohort in urban Tanzania.Reproductive health · 2022Trial
- Metabolic syndrome in obesity: treatment success and adverse pregnancy outcomes with ovulation induction in polycystic ovary syndrome.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2021Trial
- Pre-pregnancy BMI and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Japan: population burden and simulated BMI reduction scenarios for preconception and interpregnancy care.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Article
- Modelling gestational weight gain trajectories and risk of adverse birth outcomes using super imposition by translation and rotation: findings from two Brazilian cohort studies.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Diet Quality and Weight Gain Among Women in the Aboriginal Family Birthing Program in South Australia.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Maternal Body Mass Index, Gestational Weight Gain, and Cardiovascular Disease in Offspring.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Association between mid-to-late pregnancy gestational weight gain and adverse birth outcomes among women with gestational diabetes mellitus.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
141 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Prenatal care providers are advised to evaluate maternal weight at each regularly scheduled prenatal visit, monitor progress toward meeting weight gain goals, and provide individualized counseling if significant deviations from a woman's goals occur. Today, nearly 50% of women exceed their weight gain goals with overweight and obese women having the highest prevalence of excessive weight gain. Risks of inadequate weight gain include low birthweight and failure to initiate breast-feeding whereas the risks of excessive weight gain include cesarean deliveries and postpartum weight retention for the mother and large-for-gestational-age infants, macrosomia, and childhood overweight or obesity for the offspring. Prenatal care providers have many resources and tools to incorporate weight and other health behavior counseling into routine prenatal practices. Because many women are motivated to improve health behaviors, pregnancy is often considered the optimal time to intervene for issues related to eating habits and physical activity to prevent excessive weight gain. Gestational weight gain is a potentially modifiable risk factor for a number of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials report that diet or exercise interventions during pregnancy can help reduce excessive weight gain. However, health behavior interventions for gestational weight gain have not significantly improved other maternal and neonatal outcomes and have limited effectiveness in overweight and obese women.
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