Title: Maternal obesity /
Authors: Gillman, Matthew W.; Poston, Lucilla.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Obesity; Obesity; Pregnancy Complications
Abstract: Obesity incidence continues to grow in both the developed and developing world. More than 300 million women are clinically obese and this has profound effects on health during pregnancy and the wellbeing of the unborn child. In the face of such a challenging pandemic, this book reviews the latest research, providing up-to-date advice on clinical management. Obesity and Pregnancy addresses the adverse effects of obesity among women of childbearing age, including infertility, medical complications, problems in labor and adverse birth outcomes and reviews evidence that the obese mother's in utero environment has long-lasting influences on the health of the developing child. Chapters cover basic, clinical and population perspectives, providing valuable information from mechanistic insight through to public health and policy implications. Invaluable for obstetricians, gynecologists, pediatricians, family practitioners, endocrinologists, midwives and dieticians, as well as researchers and public health policy makers seeking to tackle the burden of maternal obesity-related illness.
Contents: Demography of obesity / Maria Regina Torloni, Ana Pilar Betrán, and Mario Merialdi -- Determinants of obesity / Cuilin Zhang and Frank B. Hu -- Obesity and fertility / Jorge E. Chavarro and Thomas L. Toth -- Maternal outcomes in obese pregnancies / Eugene Oteng-Ntim and Pat Doyle -- Potential mechanisms contributing to gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia in the obese woman / Naveed Sattar and Dilys J. Freeman -- Fetal and infant outcomes in obese pregnancies / Ruth Bell, Peter W.G. Tennant, and Judith Rankin -- Obesity in pregnancy and mental health / Louise M. Howard and Helen Croker -- Long-term consequences of obesity in pregnancy for the mother / Andrea Deierlein and Anna Maria Siega-Riz -- Long-term consequences of maternal obesity and gestational weight gain for offspring obesity and cardiovascular risk : intrauterine or shared familial mechanisms / Abigail Fraser and Debbie A. Lawlor -- Influences of maternal obesity on the health of the offspring : a review of animal models / Lucilla Poston, Paul D. Taylor, and Peter Nathanielsz --