ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2020
Gestational Weight Gain: Update on Outcomes and Interventions.
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105 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 177 citations in OpenAlex.
- Behavior change techniques in pregnancy dietary interventions: a systematic review through the lens of the COM-B model.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Association of Digital Health Interventions With Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- The Association of a Vegan Diet during Pregnancy with Maternal and Child Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of prenatal nutritional supplements on gestational weight gain in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis of individual participant data.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Pooled it
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- [A randomized controlled trial of weight management based on mobile health techno-logy among overweight or obese pregnant women].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2025Trial
- The implementation of online and offline hybrid weight management approach for pregnant women based on the Fogg behavior model in Hainan, China: a pilot randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Trial
- The effectiveness of integrated online health-coaching on physical activity and excessive gestational weight gain: a prospective randomized-controlled trial.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Trial
- 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
- Physical activity, gestational weight gain in obese patients with early gestational diabetes and the perinatal outcome - a randomised-controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Trial
- Effect of the smartphone application on caesarean section in women with overweight and obesity: a randomized controlled trial in China.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Trial
- Fortified Balanced Energy-Protein Supplementation, Maternal Anemia, and Gestational Weight Gain: A Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial among Pregnant Women in Rural Burkina Faso.The Journal of nutrition · 2022Trial
- Multivitamin Supplementation Is Associated with Greater Adequacy of Gestational Weight Gain among Pregnant Women in Tanzania.The Journal of nutrition · 2022Trial
- A Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention to Limit Gestational Weight Gain in Pregnant Women with Overweight and Obesity.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2021Trial
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- Prevalence, socio-demographic, obstetric, nutritional and birth factors associated with C-section among mothers attending primary health care facilities in selected councils of Njombe Region, Tanzania; Facility based cross-sectional analytical study.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2026Article
- A single centre retrospective study of the long‑term weight and pregnancy-related outcomes in women of reproductive age before and after liraglutide exposure.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Article
- Semaglutide Exposure During Pregnancy: Results from the FAERS Database.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association between gestational weight gain and adverse pregnancy outcomes in advanced maternal age: a retrospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewGestational weight gain is a modifiable risk factor for adverse perinatal outcomes. After the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released updated recommendations for gestational weight gain in 2009, a multitude of studies were released examining the recommendations, particularly for women with obesity. As the obesity epidemic continues, many physicians are interested in minimizing gestational weight gain for all women. Our aim was to review the evidence for the association of gestational weight gain and perinatal outcomes, particularly for weight gain outside the IOM guidelines. RECENT
findingsGestational weight gain is associated with several adverse perinatal outcomes including fetal growth, preterm delivery, cesarean delivery, gestational diabetes, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and infant mortality as well as with long-term offspring metabolic health outcomes. Multiple randomized controlled trials have been conducted evaluating the efficacy of lifestyle intervention on gestational weight gain, and while lifestyle interventions may alter gestational weight gain, they have not been associated with improvement in perinatal outcomes. Weight loss during pregnancy is associated with decreased risks of macrosomia and cesarean delivery; however, given an association with low birth weight, it is not currently recommended. Excessive gestational weight gain is known to be associated with multiple adverse fetal and maternal outcomes. Lifestyle interventions during pregnancy may be helpful in decreasing excessive weight gain, but have not shown to be beneficial for most adverse pregnancy outcomes. More research is needed before making recommendations for weight loss in women with obesity during pregnancy.
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