Comparison of national gestational weight gain guidelines and energy intake recommendations

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-85

  Alavi, N ^a   Haley, S ^a   Chow, K ^a   Mcdonald, S D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy recommendations; Gestational weight gain; National guidelines

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ALGERIA; ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; BANGLADESH; BELGIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; BULGARIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CAMBODIA; CANADA; CHAD; CHILE; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGO; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; ECUADOR; EGYPT; ETHIOPIA; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HONDURAS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ICELAND; INDIA; INDONESIA; IRAN; IRELAND; ISRAEL; ITALY; JAMAICA; JAPAN; KAZAKHSTAN; KOREA; MALAYSIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; MAURITANIA; MEXICO; MONGOLIA; MOROCCO; NEW ZEALAND; NIGERIA; NORWAY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PAKISTAN; PANAMA; PERU; PHILIPPINES; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SINGAPORE; SLOVAKIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPAIN; SUDAN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THAILAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UKRAINE; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URUGUAY; VIET NAM; WEIGHT GAIN; YEMEN;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84871211705     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01059.x     Document Type: Review

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