Pregnancy and Obesity

✍ Scribed by Cynthia Maxwell (editor); Dan Farine (editor)

Publisher: De Gruyter
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 316
Series: Hot Topics in Perinatal Medicine; 5
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Obesity epidemic is a global problem of the 21th century for women in reproductive age and also the obstetricians and pediatricians. There are influences of mother's prepragnancy and antepartal obesity, at delivery, for fetal programming and for maternal and fetal lifelong metabolism. The epidemiological results are important, but for the health care providers the skills for prevention of mother's obesity with all consequences are essential. Evaluated programms in nutrition and physical activity will be discussed.

Up-to date knowledge of prepregnancy topics, antenatal care and intrapartum
Physiology, prevention and care of obese women and long term outcome

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