title: Weight gain in pregnancy.
abstract: The amount of weight that women are advised to gain during pregnancy has changed significantly in the past few decades. In the past, recommendations were aimed at curtailing weight gain because of problems surrounding delivery (i.e., cephalopelvic disproportion or toxemia). More recently, concern for development of maternal obesity has been used to justify curtailed weight gain. Factors that should be considered for determining the appropriate gain for an individual woman are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001724:Birth Weight; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D012306:Risk