Lack of concern about body image and health during pregnancy linked to excessive gestational weight gain and small-for-gestational-age deliveries: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Abstract Background Pregnant women in Japan express various reasons for limiting gestational weight gain (GWG). We aimed to identify and characterise groups where the women share common reasons to limit GWG and to examine how these groups are associated with inappropriate GWG and abnormal foetal siz...

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Published in:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Main Authors: Naw Awn J-P, Marina Minami, Masamitsu Eitoku, Nagamasa Maeda, Mikiya Fujieda, Narufumi Suganuma, the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Subjects:
Attitudes on gestational weight gain
Dieting
Overweight
Pregnancy
Small for gestational age
Underweight
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03827-0

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