ReviewEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2018
Advances in assessing body composition during pregnancy.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Association of body composition in early pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- An eHealth Intervention in Pregnancy on Maternal Body Composition and Subsequent Perinatal Outcomes: A Randomized Trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Trial
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- Associations of body composition and physical fitness with gestational diabetes and cardiovascular health in pregnancy: Results from the HealthyMoms trial.Nutrition & diabetes · 2021Trial
- Resting Metabolic Rate Rises in Pregnancy, but Energy Intake and Active Expenditure Remain Stable: A Pilot Study.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2026Article
- Prenatal adipose tissue estimation using early second trimester anthropometry.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Validation of digital anthropometric measurements during pregnancy: a longitudinal study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- The impact of maternal metabolic flexibility during gestation on infant adiposity in individuals with obesity.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
- Methodological standards for body composition assessment-an expert-endorsed guide for research and clinical applications: bioimpedance, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, computerized tomography, and ultrasound methods.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Review
- Body Water During Pregnancy: Physiology, Clinical Significance and Assessment Methods: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Medical nutrition therapy in physiological pregnancy and in pregnancy complicated by obesity and/or diabetes: SID-AMD recommendations.Acta diabetologica · 2026Article
- Prevalence and determinants of obesity among women aged 15-49 years in the Ashanti region, Ghana: Analysis of the 2022 Ghana demographic and health survey.SAGE open medicine · 2026Article
- Association between postpartum depression and maternal skeletal muscle mass evaluated using bioelectrical impedance analysis: a prospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Relationship between maternal body composition changes and heavy for date infants in pregnant women with diabetes.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2025Article
- Accuracy of Digital Anthropometry During Pregnancy: A Longitudinal Study.Research square · 2025Article
- Validity of Body Composition Estimates in Women Assessed by a Multifrequency Bioelectrical Impedance Device.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Maternal BMI and Diet Quality Modulate Pregnancy Oxidative and Inflammatory Homeostasis.Nutrients · 2025Observational
- Longitudinal insights into maternal body composition across trimesters of pregnancy.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2025Article
- Assessment of Maternal Dietary Intake, Physical Activity Status, and Body Composition During Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
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Abstract
The prevalence of excess gestational weight gain is increasing worldwide and is associated with pregnancy complications, including gestational diabetes mellitus, pre-eclampsia, preterm birth, macrosomia, and development of obesity in offspring. Whereas gestational weight gain positively correlates with the gain in fat mass (FM), fat-free mass (FFM) gain is relatively consistent across pregnancies. Commonly used methods to assess body composition include anthropometry, densitometry (air displacement plethysmography, underwater weighing), and hydrometry (isotope dilution, bioimpedance analysis). While these techniques can be applied to pregnancy, they require specific adjustments to assumptions inherent within each method, most importantly to accommodate for the hydration of FFM which is transient throughout gestation. Here we discuss the application of the abovementioned methods to pregnant women and the relevant adjustments needed to more accurately calculate FM based on body weight, body volume, or total body water. We also present a novel application of classical data to provide FFM density estimates for pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy. Use of these adjustments will help standardize assumptions on FFM hydration and minimize error in FM estimation. Techniques still fail, however, to fully distinguish tissue gains between mother and fetus. To fill this important gap, imaging techniques such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging are being used more frequently and will provide more insight into fetal development, fetal adiposity, and depot specificity of maternal FM acquisition. Efforts to synchronize protocols are necessary to allow seamless comparison of data to advance the understanding of maternal body composition changes that contribute to pregnancy-related complications.
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