Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the G. Guidelines, Medicine, Counc**

Name: Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the G. Guidelines, Medicine, Counc**
Brand: National Academies Press

National Academies Press

Weight Gain During PregnancyReexamining the Guidelines\nAuthor(s): National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee to Reexamine IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines, Ann L. Yaktine, Kathleen M. Rasmussen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: National Academies Press, United States\nImprint: National Academies Press\nISBN-13: 9780309131131, 978-0309131131\nSynopsis\nAs women of childbearing age have become heavier, the trade-off between maternal and child health created by variation in gestational weight gain has become more difficult to reconcile. Weight Gain During Pregnancy responds to the need for a reexamination of the 1990 Institute of Medicine guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy. It builds on the conceptual framework that underscored the 1990 weight gain guidelines and addresses the need to update them through a comprehensive review of the literature and independent analyses of existing databases. The.