Journal
OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 317-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2009.04.001
Keywords
Pregnancy; Postpartum period; Puerperium; Gestational weight gain; Obesity; Parity; Epidemiology; Women
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- National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases [K01 DK059944]
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [R01 HD050625]
- American Diabetes Association
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Weight gain and the development of obesity during midlife are strong independent predictors of cardiovascular disease, particularly among women, as well as the metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and early mortality. Primiparity and maternal body size before pregnancy affect long-term postpartum weight retention and the development of obesity among women of reproductive age. As a modifiable risk factor, body weight during the preconception, prenatal, and postpartum periods may present critical windows to implement interventions to prevent weight retention and the development of overweight and obesity in women of childbearing age.
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