Risks associated with obesity in pregnancy, for the mother and baby: A systematic review of reviews

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 621-638

  Marchi, J ^a   Berg, M ^b,c   Dencker, A ^b,c   Olander, E K ^d   Begley, C ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Maternal obesity; Mental health; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL OBESITY; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOUND ASSESSMENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTHER; NEWBORN; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURITY; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; DEPRESSION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHERS; OBESITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84948383863     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12288     Document Type: Article

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