Limiting antenatal weight gain improves maternal health outcomes in severely obese pregnant women: findings of a pragmatic evaluation of a midwife-led intervention

Background: Antenatal obesity in pregnancy is associated with complications of pregnancy and poor obstetric outcomes. Although most guidance on pregnancy weight is focused on the pre-pregnancy period, pregnancy is widely viewed as a period where women are open to lifestyle change to optimise their h...

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Main Authors: McGiveron, Ailsa, Foster, Sally, Pearce, Joanne, Taylor, Moira A., McMullen, Sarah, Langley-Evans, Simon C.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28476/