The heavy burden of obesity in pregnancy....!

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Women who have overweight are more likely to experience pregnancy complications. Obesity and overweight are underwritten to the growing proportion of almost all adverse outcomes for women and their children, especially in the case of pre-eclampsia, fetal macrosomia, and gestational diabetes, according to the study of 43,000 first-time pregnancies over two years. The burden of obesity is increasing in prevalence among women of reproductive age. The need for preventive strategies to address excess weight prior to pregnancy, saying there was increasing recognition that “by the antenatal period it may be too late to reduce the risks of maternal obesity.

Maternal overweight and obesity in pregnancy are known to increase the risk of an assortment of complications and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Maternal overweight and obesity contribute to a large proportion of obstetric complications. Effective mediation tactics to reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity in pregnant women could have significant beneficial effects on pregnancy outcomes. The global prevalence of overweight and obesity has rapidly increased and become a major contributor to the burden of chronic disease. This increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity has also affected women of reproductive age. High body mass index in pregnancy has been linked to increased risk of a range of complications and adverse outcomes for both the mother and the child. For the mother, the major pregnancy complications include gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), hypertensive disorder (including pre‐eclampsia) and operative delivery.  The babies of heavyweight and obese women are at greater risk of miscarriage, preterm birth, macrosomia, shoulder dystocia, congenital anomalies, stillbirth, and neonatal death.

With the increasing burden of obesity in pregnancy in many countries, it has been suggested that very obese women should, in fact, lose weight during pregnancy.

Women should lose weight during pregnancy for a healthy baby

Very overweight women should actually reduce during pregnancy so as to possess a healthy baby, contrary to current recommendations, according to a new study. The researchers behind the study say the fundamental guidelines for weight gain in pregnancy should be adjusted for better results in underweight and really obese women and their babies. Women want to know what their optimal weight gain should be to possess their baby as safely as possible, and their maternity care providers want to understand what advice they will give women throughout their pregnancy.

There is a healthy connection between the weight of mother and baby: very underweight mothers tend to possess smaller babies called small for fetal age (SGA) babies and morbidly obese mothers tend to possess larger for fetal age (LGA) babies. These babies are at higher risk of conditions like heart attacks, hypertension, obesity and diabetes as adults than babies born at a traditional weight.  

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Program Manger | Fetal Medicine 2020
Email: fetalmedicine@memeetings.com
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