No global consensus: A cross-sectional survey of maternal weight policies

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Scott, Courtney ^a   Andersen, Christopher T ^a   Valdez, Natali ^b   Mardones, Francisco ^c   Nohr, Ellen A ^d,e   Poston, Lucilla ^f   Loetscher, Katharina C Q ^g   Abrams, Barbara ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

International; Key informant; Maternal weight policies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONSENSUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL WEIGHT; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATERNAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CONSENSUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84901399480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-167     Document Type: Article

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