Dietary interventions in overweight and obese pregnant women: A systematic review of the content, delivery, and outcomes of randomized controlled trials

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 312-328

  Flynn, Angela C ^a   Dalrymple, Kathryn ^a,b   Barr, Suzanne ^c   Poston, Lucilla ^d   Goff, Louise M ^a   Rogozińska, Ewelina ^e   Poppel, Mireille N M van ^f   Rayanagoudar, Girish ^e   Yeo, SeonAe ^g   Carballo, Ruben Barakat ^h   Perales, Maria ^h   Bogaerts, Annick ^i,j   Cecatti, Jose G ^k   Dodd, Jodie ^l   Owens, Julie ^l   Devlieger, Roland ^m,n   Teede, Helena ^o   Haakstad, Lene ^p   Motahari Tabari, Narges ^q   Tonstad, Serena ^r   Luoto, Riitta ^s   Guelfi, Kym ^t   Petrella, Elisabetta ^u   Phelan, Suzanne ^v   Scudeller, Tânia T ^w   Hauner, Hans ^x   Renault, Kristina ^y,z   Sagedal, Linda Reme ^aa   Stafne, Signe N ^ab   Vinter, Christina ^z   Astrup, Arne ^ac   Geiker, Nina R W ^ad   McAuliffe, Fionnuala M ^ae   Mol, Ben W ⁿ   Thangaratinam, Shakila ^e   more..

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Nutricia Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^o MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^p NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

^r OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^s UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^t UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^v CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^x TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^y HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^z ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^aa Sørlandet Hospital   (Norway)

^ab NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^ad Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^ae UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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Author keywords

Antenatal intervention; Dietary assessment; Maternal obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MATERNAL OBESITY; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84964746590     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuw005     Document Type: Article

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