Preventing postpartum weight retention

American Family Physician

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Somvanshi, Nicole P ^a,b  

^a Franklin Square Hospital Center   (United States)

^b Medicine at Franklin Square Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; COUNSELING; EDITORIAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OBESITY; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0036683167     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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