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USA: A recent study published in The Lancet revealed that excessive weight gain during pregnancy was associated with a 9% to 12% increase in all-cause mortality risk in women with BMI in the normal...
1. Among underweight mothers, weight gain in pregnancy above the recommendations was associated with increased cardiovascular mortality. 2. Gestational weight gain in mothers with normal weight was associated with increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality but not diabetes-related mortality. Evidence Rating Level: 2 (Good) Study Rundown: High pregnancy weight gain is linked to increased postpartum weight
Excessive weight gain in pregnancy is associated with various pregnancy complications, yet its long-term implications on women, such as mortality rates, remain unknown. Prof Cuilin Zhang from the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and Director of the Global Center for Asian Women’s Health (GloW) at NUS Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania and the US National Institutes of Health investigated the association between weight gain during pregnancy, and mortality rate, with a follow-up period of over 50 years. The researchers found that for women with BMI in the normal and overweig...
Excessive weight gain in pregnancy is associated with various pregnancy complications, yet its long-term implications on women, such as mortality rates, remain unknown. Prof Cuilin Zhang from the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and Director of the Global Center for Asian Women’s Health (GloW) at NUS Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania and the US National Institutes of Health investigated the association between weight gain during pregnancy, and mortality rate, with a follow-up period of over 50 years. The researchers found that for women with BMI in the normal and overweig...
50 years of data offer insight into cardiovascular, diabetes, and all-cause mortality