Pre-pregnancy BMI influences the association of dietary quality and gestational weight gain: the SECOST study

• Main Authors: Yong, Heng Yaw, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Mohd Yusof, Barakatun Nisak, Rejali, Zulida, Tee, Yvonne Yee Siang, Bindels, Jacques, van der Beek, Eline M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38248/1/38248.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38248/; https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/19/3735

Poor diet quality in pregnancy could impact gestational weight gain (GWG) and consequently fetal growth and development. But today there is limited data available on gestational diet quality. This study investigated the association between diet quality in each pregnancy trimester and GWG in Malaysia...