Gestational Weight Gain and Postpartum Weight Retention in a Cohort of Nova Scotian Women

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1927-1935

  Ashley Martin, Jillian ^a   Woolcott, Christy ^a  

^a Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Pediatrics   (Canada)

Author keywords

BMI; Canada; Gestational weight gain; Longitudinal data; Postpartum weight retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERWEIGHT; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOVA SCOTIA; OVERWEIGHT; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907183551     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1438-7     Document Type: Article

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