Lifestyle interventions for overweight and obese pregnant women to improve pregnancy outcome: systematic review and meta-analysis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Overweight and obesity pose a big challenge to pregnancy as they are associated with adverse maternal and perinatal outcome. Evidence of lifestyle intervention resulting in improved pregnancy outcome is conflicting. Hence the objecti...

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Main Authors: Oteng-Ntim Eugene, Varma Rajesh, Croker Helen, Poston Lucilla, Doyle Pat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/47