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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Nursing Research

Curated NurseTrainer Evidence Studio summaries from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth / 2021 / United Kingdom

Gestational weight gain outside the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations: novel psychological and behavioural factors associated with inadequate or excess weight gain in a prospective cohort study

In a 970-woman Ontario cohort, only 28.8% gained weight within 2009 IOM guidelines; anxiety was the strongest predictor of inadequate gain and pre-pregnancy overweight status the strongest predictor of excess gain,...