Weight gain during pregnancy
Subtitle: reexamining the guidelines
By: Kathleen M. Rasmussen and Ann L. Yaktine, editors ; Committee to Reexamine IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines, Food and Nutrition Board and Board on Children, Youth, and Families.
Contributors: Rasmussen, Kathleen M.; Yaktine, Ann L.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Reexamine IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780309131131
Subjects: Pregnant women -- Weight gain; Prenatal Care -- United States; Weight Gain -- United States; Practice Guidelines as Topic -- United States; Pregnancy -- United States; Pregnancy Complications -- prevention & control -- United States
Description: 854 pages ; 23 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Setting the stage for revising pregnancy weight guidelines : conceptual framework; title: Descriptive epidemiology and trends; title: Composition and components of gestational weight gain : physiology and metabolism; title: Determinants of gestational weight gain; title: Consequences of gestational weight gain for the mother; title: Consequences of gestational weight gain for the child; title: Determining optimal weight gain; title: Approaches to achieving recommended gestational weight gain; title: Open session and workshop agendas; title: Committee member biographical sketches.