Maternal obesity in pregnancy: Is it time for meaningful research to inform preventive and management strategies?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1134-1140

  Krishnamoorthy, U ^a,b   Schram, C M H ^a   Hill, S R ^a  

^a EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maternal obesity; Obesity management; Obesity prevention; Obesity risks; Pregnancy weight gain

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANESTHESIA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COUNSELING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS RISK; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33748755258     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01045.x     Document Type: Review

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