Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2634261 | Nursing for Women's Health | 2016 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
Excessive gestational weight gain is associated with fetal metabolic reprogramming and subsequent childhood obesity, as well as maternal recalcitrant obesity and its successive morbidities. We conducted a review of the literature and an explorative, descriptive study of the techniques and strategies used by a subset of certified nurse-midwives to help women achieve optimal gestational weight gain. We also identified barriers to this outcome. With more effective management approaches to gestational weight gain, adverse maternal and neonatal health outcomes could potentially be prevented. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nwh.2015.12.007
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Authors
Christine Stuart, Emily Merrill, Barbara Cherry,