Pregnancy-related weight gain--a link to obesity?

摘要: Past research on maternal weight gain during pregnancy has focused determinants and consequences of inadequate with concerns for the health infant. However, rising prevalence obesity among women childbearing ages high proportion who are gaining in excess recommendations, a shift focus must occur to include consideration mother's long-term status. The few studies that have examined excessive postpartum retention this country were not comprehensive assessing diet, physical activity psychosocial factors suffer from small sample sizes. Information is lacking concerning pregnant women's perceptions about eating weight, what they actually eat, how consumption exercise relate gain, influence these behaviors pregnancy. Likewise, little known same attitudes period may contribute retention.