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Article: IOM guidelines reassess weight gain in pregnancy.(NEWS)(Institute of Medicine)
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- Family Practice News
- Article date:
- June 15, 2009
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Obese women should gain no more than 20 pounds during pregnancy, according to new guidelines released by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council.
The IOM hasn't updated its guidelines on weight gain during pregnancy since 1990. The revised recommendations are designed to reflect the increasing number of overweight and obese Americans, women having children at an older age, and multiple births, and the increase in weight gain during pregnancy, as well as other changing demographic factors.
The new guidelines set an upper and lower threshold for weight gain among obese women, advising women with a body mass index of greater than 30 ...