Associations between parity and maternal BMI in a population-based cohort study.

Ditte S Iversen Ulrik Schiøler KesmodelPer G Ovesen

Published in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2018)

This study showed a 7.2% increase in overweight and obesity (BMI ≥ 25) and a 16.4% increase in obesity alone (BMI ≥ 30) for pregnant women in Denmark from 2004 to 2012. In addition, an increase in interpregnancy BMI was seen at every additional delivery, suggesting that obesity is an increasing challenge in obstetrics.

Keyphrases

weight gain
body mass index
birth weight
pregnant women
insulin resistance
weight loss
metabolic syndrome
pregnancy outcomes
type diabetes
high fat diet induced
physical activity