ReviewThe Medical clinics of North America2018
Obesity in Pregnancy: Optimizing Outcomes for Mom and Baby.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effect of methods used in the management of maternal obesity on pregnancy and birth outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Neonatal Birthweight, Infant Feeding, and Childhood Metabolic Markers.American journal of perinatology · 2022Trial
- Effect of type 2 diabetes mellitus on placental expression and activity of nutrient transporters and their association with birth weight and neonatal adiposity.Molecular and cellular endocrinology · 2021Trial
- Maternal exercise is associated with a shift in adiposity distribution and improved markers of adipose health in offspring in mice.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Gestational Diabetes and Obesity: Immediate and Late Sequelae for Offspring.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Childhood Obesity and Overweight Are Associated with Higher Risk of Depression and Anxiety: A Cross-Sectional Study in Children Aged 6-9 Years.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Managing obstetric and gynecologic complications in obese women: Evidence-Based Strategies for Optimizing Outcomes and Reducing Risks.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
- Significance of Selected Environmental and Biological Factors on the Risk of FASD in Women Who Drink Alcohol during Pregnancy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Made in the Womb: Maternal Programming of Offspring Cardiovascular Function by an Obesogenic Womb.Metabolites · 2023Review
- Weight gain patterns among pregnancies with obesity and small- and large-for-gestational-age births.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Article
- The Effect of Auriculotherapy on an Overweight Pregnant Women's Weight-Gaining Pattern: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Article
- Sociodemographic, behavioral, obstetric, and healthcare factors associated with low weight at birth: a case-control study.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2023Article
- The importance of nutrition in pregnancy and lactation: lifelong consequences.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2022Review
- Nationwide-free preconception care strategy: Experience from China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Review
- Continuous glucose monitoring in obese pregnant women with no hyperglycemia on glucose tolerance test.PloS one · 2021Observational
- Insulin regulation of solute carrier family 2 member 1 (glucose transporter 1) expression and glucose uptake in decidualizing human endometrial stromal cells: an in vitro study.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2020Article
- Prenatal and postnatal determinants in shaping offspring's microbiome in the first 1000 days: study protocol and preliminary results at one month of life.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2020Observational
- Maternal alcohol intakes before and during pregnancy: Impact on the mother and infant outcome to 18 months.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2020Article
- Nutrition and Metabolic Adaptations in Physiological and Complicated Pregnancy: Focus on Obesity and Gestational Diabetes.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2020Review
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Abstract
Obesity is common in women of childbearing age, and management of this population around the time of pregnancy involves specific challenges. Weight and medical comorbidities should be optimized both before and during pregnancy. During pregnancy, gestational weight gain should be limited, comorbidities should be appropriately screened for and managed, and fetal health should be monitored. Consideration should be given to the optimal timing of delivery and to reducing surgical and anesthetic complications. In the postpartum period, breastfeeding and weight loss should be promoted. Maternal obesity is associated with adverse metabolic effects in offspring, promoting an intergenerational cycle of obesity.
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