Normal Gestational Weight Gain Protects From Large-for-Gestational-Age Birth Among Women With Obesity and Gestational Diabetes

Normal Gestational Weight Gain Protects From Large-for-Gestational-Age Birth Among Women With Obesity and Gestational Diabetes

Background: Pre-pregnancy obesity, excess gestational weight gain (GWG), and gestational diabetes (GDM) increase fetal growth. Our aim was to assess whether normal GWG is associated with lower risk for a large-for-gestational-age (LGA; over the 90th percentile of birth weight for sex and gestational...

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Main Authors: Sanna Mustaniemi, Hilkka Nikkinen, Aini Bloigu, Anneli Pouta, Risto Kaaja, Johan G. Eriksson, Hannele Laivuori, Mika Gissler, Eero Kajantie, Marja Vääräsmäki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
gestational diabetes
gestational weight gain
obesity
birthweight
birth weight SD
large-for-gestational age
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.550860/full

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