ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2020
Body Composition During Pregnancy Differs by Obesity Class.
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- Associations between maternal adiposity during pregnancy and neonatal brain cortical development.NeuroImage · 2026Article
- Anthropometric Measurements and Laboratory Methods for Pregnancy: An Update Review to Evaluation of Body Composition.Current nutrition reports · 2025Review
- Anthropometric measurements as predictors of nutritional status in black South African women during pregnancy.The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research · 2025Observational
- Position statement of Italian Society of Obesity (SIO): Gestational Obesity.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Review
- Anthropometric Changes During Pregnancy and Their Association with Adequacy of Gestational Weight Gain.Current developments in nutrition · 2024Article
- No strong evidence of the protein leverage hypothesis in pregnant women with obesity and their infants.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Article
- Disease Course and Long-term Outcomes in Pregnant Women With Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: The IIH Prospective Maternal Health Study.Neurology · 2023Article
- Pre-pregnancy body mass index has greater influence on newborn weight and perinatal outcome than weight control during pregnancy in obese women.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Article
- Analysis and Reliability of Anthropometric Measurements during Pregnancy: A Prospective Cohort Study in 208 Pregnant Women.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- The UK Pregnancies Better Eating and Activity Trial (UPBEAT); Pregnancy Outcomes and Health Behaviours by Obesity Class.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Nutrition and Metabolic Adaptations in Physiological and Complicated Pregnancy: Focus on Obesity and Gestational Diabetes.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2020Review
- Maternal anthropometric measurements and correlation to maternal and fetal outcomes in late pregnancy.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study is to characterize changes in body composition during pregnancy in women with obesity.
methodsFifty-four healthy women with obesity (class 1, 30-34.9 kg/m
resultsThe gain in fat-free mass was lower in the second trimester compared with the third (2.7 ± 0.2 to 5.3 ± 0.2 kg; P < 0.001), whereas fat mass accumulation declined over time (0.6 ± 0.3 to -0.7 ± 0.4 kg; P = 0.005). Women with class 1 and 2 obesity gained 1.1 ± 0.7 kg of fat mass during pregnancy, while women with class 3 obesity lost 4.1 ± 0.6 kg (both P < 0.001). The difference in fat accumulation between obesity classes was observed only in the second trimester (P = 0.02). Gestational weight gain was associated positively with changes in plasma concentrations of insulin, leptin, and insulin resistance (all P < 0.01).
conclusionsGestational weight gain in pregnancy differs by obesity class and trimester. Women with class 3 obesity gain less body weight and fat mass. Fat mass gain is most likely preventable in the second trimester.
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