Gestational weight gain and later maternal health: Are they related?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1186-1187

  Rasmussen, Kathleen M ^a   Abrams, Barbara ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CYCLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79956313711     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.016758     Document Type: Editorial

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