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- Title: Are Canadian Women Achieving a Fit Pregnancy? A Pilot Study (2009 STUDENT AWARD Winner) (Report)
- Author : Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 279 KB
Description
The obesity epidemic affects all health professionals, including the obstetrical community, as women who exceed their gestational weight gains (GWG) increase their risk of pregnancy complications. (1) The concept of a "fit pregnancy" is emerging as women are trying to achieve optimal health outcomes for their unborn child and for themselves. (2) Women can attain a "fit pregnancy" with an appropriate GWG by balancing energy intake (EI) with energy expenditure (EE). Currently there exist dietary, (1,3,4) exercise (5,6) and GWG (1,7) guidelines for pregnant women. Nutritional requirements during pregnancy are based on Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). (1) Recently the IOM adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) GWG recommendations, which state that women aim for total weight or weekly weight gains based on their pre-pregnancy BMI (PP-BMI). (7) Joint SOGC/ CSEP Clinical Practice Guidelines encourage women to exercise if they have no contraindications. (5) Currently there exist Canadian step recommendations for youth, adults and older adults, but none for pregnant women. (8,9)