Aussie mums may not be achieving recommended levels of weight gain during pregnancy

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2022-03-23 05:00

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Aussie mums may not be achieving recommended levels of weight gain during pregnancy, according to Aussie researchers, who investigated the gestational weight gain (GWG) of almost 300 Tasmanian mothers. The team found that only 25 per cent of mothers with a normal weight BMI before pregnancy, 34 per cent with overweight and 13 per cent with obesity, achieved the Institute of Medicine recommended levels of GWG. The study found that women with obesity showed the lowest level of bodyweight fluctuation and retained less weight after childbirth, while the highest number of caesarean sections were observed in mothers who exceeded GWG recommendations.

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Organisation/s: University of Tasmania

Funder: APH, NMB, KDKA, SJS This work was supported, in part, by the International Atomic Energy Agency (CRP E43028 Contract Number 20880), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1143641), and St.LukesHealth. The study funder had no role in study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, in writing the report, or in the decision to submit the article for publication. The contents of this article are the responsibility of the authors and do not reflect the views of the funding bodies. https://www.iaea.org/ https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ https://stlukes. com.au/.

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