Health behaviours during pregnancy in women with very severe obesity
The health behaviours of pregnant women with very severe obesity are not known, though these women are at high risk of pregnancy complications. We carried out a prospective case-control study including 148 very severely obese (BMI >40 kg/m2 ) and 93 lean (BMI < 0.05). Women with very severe ob...
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my.iium.irep.475522022-12-09T03:54:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47552/ Health behaviours during pregnancy in women with very severe obesity Mohd Shukri, Nor Azwani Duncan, A. Denison, Fiona C. Forbes, S. Walker, Brian R. Norman, Jane E. Reynolds, Rebecca M. RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine The health behaviours of pregnant women with very severe obesity are not known, though these women are at high risk of pregnancy complications. We carried out a prospective case-control study including 148 very severely obese (BMI >40 kg/m2 ) and 93 lean (BMI < 0.05). Women with very severe obesity have low self-reported intakes and circulating levels of essential micronutrients in pregnancy and few follow current recommendations for pregnancy nutrition and lifestyle. These high-risk women represent a group to target for education about health behaviours prior to and during pregnancy. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47552/1/Mohd-Shukri_et_al._Nutrients._2015._7%2810%29._8431-43.pdf Mohd Shukri, Nor Azwani and Duncan, A. and Denison, Fiona C. and Forbes, S. and Walker, Brian R. and Norman, Jane E. and Reynolds, Rebecca M. (2015) Health behaviours during pregnancy in women with very severe obesity. Nutrients, 7. pp. 8431-8443. ISSN 2072-6643 http://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients doi:10.3390/nu7105403 |
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The health behaviours of pregnant women with very severe obesity are not known, though these women are at high risk of pregnancy complications. We carried out a prospective case-control study including 148 very severely obese (BMI >40 kg/m2 ) and 93 lean (BMI < 0.05). Women with very severe obesity have low self-reported intakes and circulating levels of essential micronutrients in pregnancy and few follow current recommendations for pregnancy nutrition and lifestyle. These high-risk women represent a group to target for education about health behaviours prior to and during pregnancy. |
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