title: Maternal and child obesity: some policy challenges.
abstract: The recent rise in the prevalence of obesity in the UK population includes women of          reproductive age and children. For both groups there are specific health concerns          consequent on excess bodyweight, including obstetric complications, fetal growth          abnormalities and a range of obesity co-morbidities seen in children that were rarely          found in young people a generation earlier. This paper identifies some of the issues which          challenge policy-makers: guidelines for gestational weight gain and for weight loss after          pregnancy; inequalities and interventions in pregnancy; interventions to prevent child          obesity; and the role of individuals, government and the commercial sector in implementing          policies for promoting healthy weight.
authors: International Association for the Study of Obesity, 12 Roger Street, London WC1N 2JU, UK. tlobstein@iaso.org
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mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015995:Prevalence; D006113:United Kingdom; D015430:Weight Gain; D015431:Weight Loss