Maternal weight trajectories and associations with infant growth in South African women

• Main Authors: Hlengiwe P. Madlala (Author), Angela M. Bengtson (Author), Luke Hannan (Author), Thokozile R. Malaba (Author), Emma Kalk (Author), Dorothy Nyemba (Author), Andrew Boulle (Author), Landon Myer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite the close relationship between pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), gestational weight gain (GWG) and postpartum weight (PPW), these factors are often studied separately. There are no data characterising longitudinal weight trajectories among pregnant and postpartum women...