Gestational weight gain at the national, regional, and income group levels based on 234 national household surveys from 70 low-income and middle-income countries.

• Main Authors: Janaína Calu Costa (Author), Dongqing Wang (Author), Molin Wang (Author), Enju Liu (Author), Uttara Partap (Author), Ilana Cliffer (Author), Wafaie W Fawzi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Gestational weight gain (GWG) estimates enable the identification of populations of women at risk for adverse outcomes. We described GWG distribution in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Demographic and Health Surveys and other national surveys were used to calculate the average GWG by regre...