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ArticlePloS one2018

Estimated global overweight and obesity burden in pregnant women based on panel data model.

Cheng Chen, Xianglong Xu, Yan Yan

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04315545 (Pregnancy Outcomes and Maternal Insulin Sensitivity), which is not on this map. Cited by 213 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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213citing papers in PubMed, 11 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04315545 terminatednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Pregnancy Outcomes and Maternal Insulin Sensitivity

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorUniversity Medical Center GroningenRan2020 to 2024Enrolled30ConditionsGestational Diabetes, Other "Heavy-For-Dates" Infants, Small for Gestational Age Infant, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Armsmeal tolerance test
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

213 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 414 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Double Burden of Malnutrition Prevalence in Pregnant Women: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026
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  17. Maternal resistance exercise increases infant energy expenditure.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cheng ChenDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Xianglong XuSchool of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Yan YanDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9790-7685
Central South University · CNChongqing Public Health Medical Center · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo estimate the global and country-level burden of overweight and obesity among pregnant women from 2005 to 2014.

methodsPublicly accessible country-level data were collected from the World Health Organization, the World Bank and the Food and Agricultural Organization. We estimated the number of overweight and obese pregnant women among 184 countries and determined the time-related trend from 2005 to 2014. Based on panel data model, we determined the effects of food energy supply, urbanization, gross national income and female employment on the number of overweight and obese pregnant women.

resultsWe estimated that 38.9 million overweight and obese pregnant women and 14.6 million obese pregnant women existed globally in 2014. In upper middle income countries and lower middle income countries, there were sharp increases in the number of overweight and obese pregnant women. In 2014, the percentage of female with overweight and obesity in India was 21.7%, and India had the largest number of overweight and obese pregnant women (4.3 million), which accounted for 11.1% in the world. In the United States of America, a third of women were obese, and the number of obese pregnant women was 1.1 million. In high income countries, caloric supply and urbanization were positively associated with the number of overweight and obese pregnant women. The percentage of employment in agriculture was inversely associated with the number of overweight and obese pregnant women, but only in upper middle income countries and lower middle income countries.

conclusionThe number of overweight and obese pregnant women has increased in high income and middle income countries. Environmental changes could lead to increased caloric supply and decreased energy expenditure among women. National and local governments should work together to create a healthy food environment.

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Models, BiologicalFemaleHumansInternationalityOverweightPregnancySocioeconomic Factors

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