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Midwifery
Cohort study
Excess maternal weight gain during pregnancy is associated with overweight/obesity in offspring at age 16 years, but maternal pre-pregnancy obesity has a greater effect
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Implications for practice and research
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Children of mothers who are obese prior to pregnancy, and/or gain excessive weight in early pregnancy, carry increased risk for obesity in adolescence.
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Obese women of childbearing age should be actively supported to achieve lifestyle modification prior to conception or in early pregnancy.
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Research is needed to identify strategies for optimal gestational weight gain (GWG) and lifestyle modification before and during pregnancy.
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Studies need to identify women at highest risk of excess GWG plus potential benefits of intense dietary and lifestyle counselling.
Context
In the last two decades, UK rates of obesity …
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