Existing maternal obesity guidelines may increase inequalities between ethnic groups: A national epidemiological study of 502,474 births in England

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Heslehurst, Nicola ^a   Sattar, Naveed ^b   Rajasingam, Daghni ^c   Wilkinson, John ^d   Summerbell, Carolyn D ^d   Rankin, Judith ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian; Body Mass Index (BMI); Epidemiology; Ethnic group; Guidelines; Inequalities; Obesity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL OBESITY; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; PAKISTAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871114348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-156     Document Type: Article

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