Antenatal dietary and lifestyle advice for women who are overweight or obese and the effect on fetal growth and adiposity: The LIMIT randomised trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 233-243

  Grivell, R M ^a,b   Yelland, L N ^c,d   Deussen, A ^a   Crowther, C A ^a,e   Dodd, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fetal body composition; fetal growth; fetal ultrasound; lifestyle intervention; overweight and obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MATERNAL OBESITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; BIOMETRY; COMPLICATION; DIET; EXERCISE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; LIFESTYLE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK REDUCTION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BIOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84952802454     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13777     Document Type: Article

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