Monitoring gestational weight gain and prepregnancy BMI using the 2009 IOM guidelines in the global population: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Jose Alberto Martínez-Hortelano (Author), Iván Cavero-Redondo (Author), Celia Álvarez-Bueno (Author), Miriam Garrido-Miguel (Author), Alba Soriano-Cano (Author), Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Previous studies have reported a high prevalence of excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) in women with prepregnancy BMI classified as overweight and obese. However, the joint evidence regarding GWG and prepregnancy BMI in the worldwide population has not been synthesized. Thus...