Agreement between self-reported pre-pregnancy weight and measured first-trimester weight in Brazilian women

• Main Authors: Thaís Rangel Bousquet Carrilho (Author), Kathleen M. Rasmussen (Author), Dayana Rodrigues Farias (Author), Nathalia Cristina Freitas Costa (Author), Mônica Araújo Batalha (Author), Michael E. Reichenheim (Author), Eric O. Ohuma (Author), Jennifer A. Hutcheon (Author), Gilberto Kac (Author), Brazilian Maternal and Child Nutrition Consortium (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Self-reported pre-pregnancy weight and weight measured in the first trimester are both used to estimate pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) but there is limited information on how they compare, especially in low- and middle-income countries, wher...