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. 2020 Jan 6:2020:10.31478/202001a.
doi: 10.31478/202001a. eCollection 2020.

The Current Understanding of Gestational Weight Gain Among Women with Obesity and the Need for Future Research

Anna Maria Siega-Riz  1 , Lisa M Bodnar  2 , Naomi E Stotland  3 , Jamie Stang  4
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The Current Understanding of Gestational Weight Gain Among Women with Obesity and the Need for Future Research

Anna Maria Siega-Riz et al. NAM Perspect. .
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Conflict-of-Interest Disclosures: Dr. Siega-Riz’s reports have received funding by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) for her work related to obesity and gestational weight gain from NICHD specifically from a contract for Diet, Obesity, and Weight Change in Pregnancy. In addition, she has served as a scientific advisory board member for Happy Families, a subsidiary company of Danone, and is a board of trustees member for the International Food Information Council. Dr. Bodnar reports grants from the National Institutes of Health. All other authors have no conflicts to disclose.

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Figure 1. Gestational weight gain adequacy in the United States, 2012 and 2013, according to the 2009 Institute of Medicine and National Research Council guidelines
NOTE: Class I obesity is defined as a BMI of 30 - 34.9, class II obesity is defined as a BMI of 35 - 39.9, and class III obesity is defined as a BMI of 40 or greater. SOURCE: Presented by Lisa Bodnar, June 13, 2018. Adapted from Deputy et al., 2015 [10]
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