The BMI chart offers different values based on ... as recommended by the Institute of Medicine, pregnancy weight gain ...

this study has reported a significant association between obesity and preterm birth and the interaction between pre-pregnancy BMI and weight gain during pregnancy. Further analysis with more ...

The results were clear: a child’s growth was closely linked to the mother’s BMI at the start of pregnancy. For every 5 kg/m² ...

New research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025) highlights the need to support women and their ...

Strategies to reduce caesarean births must include measures to prevent overweight and obese BMI prior to conception and promote recommended weight gain throughout pregnancy.

Other important targets for ongoing research, the study authors say, involve determining whether pregnancy-associated weight gain and shifts in BMI over a woman’s reproductive lifespan are able to ...

The role of total diet and dietary patterns in weight gain and pregnancy-related outcomes. Pre-pregnancy BMI and perinatal weight gain as they relate to social and economic variables. The planning ...