An association between maternal weight change in the year before pregnancy and infant birth weight: ELFE, a French national birth cohort study.
Marion LecorguilléMadalina JacotaBlandine de Lauzon-GuillainAnne ForhanMarie CheminatMarie Aline CharlesBarbara HeudePublished in: PLoS medicine (2019)
Health professionals should be aware that GWG may offset the expected effect of weight loss before conception on fetal growth in overweight and obese women. Further studies are required to understand the underlying mechanisms in order to develop weight-control interventions and improve maternal periconceptional health and developmental conditions for the fetus.
Keyphrases
- birth weight
- weight gain
- weight loss
- gestational age
- pregnancy outcomes
- preterm birth
- bariatric surgery
- body mass index
- physical activity
- roux en y gastric bypass
- healthcare
- public health
- gastric bypass
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- pregnant women
- mental health
- quality improvement
- glycemic control
- case control
- risk assessment
- social media
- insulin resistance