Antenatal Dietary and Lifestyle Interventions for Women Who are Overweight or Obese: Outcomes from the LIMIT Randomized Trial

Current Nutrition Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 392-399

  Dodd, Jodie M ^a,b   Grivell, Rosalie M ^a,b   Owens, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary and lifestyle interventions; Maternal and infant health outcomes; Overweight and obesity; Randomized trials; Review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID DIET; MATERNAL OBESITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84986886359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21613311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13668-014-0101-7     Document Type: Review

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