Lifestyle Intervention to Promote Adequate Gestational Weight Gain and Improve Perinatal Outcomes in Obese Women

By:

Daniela Menichini, Eleonora Spelta, Francesca Monari, Elisabetta Petrella, Fabio Facchinetti, Isabella Neri

Date:

2024

Resource type:

Blogs/news/opinion

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Gestational weight gain

Obesity in pregnancy

Lifestyle intervention

Perinatal outcomes

Small-for-gestational-age

This study evaluated how lifestyle interventions (LI) affect gestational weight gain (GWG) and perinatal outcomes in obese women. Involving 1,874 obese pregnant women, the study compared standard care (SC) with a structured lifestyle program focusing on a low-calorie diet and physical activity. Women in the LI group achieved more adequate GWG and had fewer small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants. LI reduced the risk of SGA births by improving weight gain patterns, highlighting the importance of targeted dietary and exercise programs during pregnancy.

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