Prevalence and temporal trends in prepregnancy nutritional status and gestational weight gain of adult women followed in the Brazilian Food and Nutrition Surveillance System from 2008 to 2018

• Main Authors: Thaís Rangel Bousquet Carrilho (Author), Kathleen M. Rasmussen (Author), Jennifer A. Hutcheon (Author), Ronaldo Fernandes Santos Alves (Author), Dayana Rodrigues Farias (Author), Nathalia Cristina Freitas‐Costa (Author), Mylena Maciel Gonzalez (Author), Mônica Araújo Batalha (Author), Gilberto Kac (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) are the most investigated indicators of maternal nutritional status, which is a modifiable factor that plays a vital role in maternal and infant health. This study describes prepregnancy BMI and GWG of 840,243 women with 2...