Health behaviours during pregnancy in women with very severe obesity

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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Main Authors: Mohd-Shukri, Nor Azwani, Duncan, A., Denison, Fiona C., Forbes, S., Walker, Brian R., Norman, Jane E., Reynolds, Rebecca M.
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Language:English
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2015
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RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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spelling iium-475522016-07-21T00:03:31Z 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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topic RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
spellingShingle RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Mohd-Shukri, Nor Azwani
Duncan, A.
Denison, Fiona C.
Forbes, S.
Walker, Brian R.
Norman, Jane E.
Reynolds, Rebecca M.
Health behaviours during pregnancy in women with very severe obesity
description 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.
format Article
author Mohd-Shukri, Nor Azwani
Duncan, A.
Denison, Fiona C.
Forbes, S.
Walker, Brian R.
Norman, Jane E.
Reynolds, Rebecca M.
author_facet Mohd-Shukri, Nor Azwani
Duncan, A.
Denison, Fiona C.
Forbes, S.
Walker, Brian R.
Norman, Jane E.
Reynolds, Rebecca M.
author_sort Mohd-Shukri, Nor Azwani
title Health behaviours during pregnancy in women with very severe obesity
title_short Health behaviours during pregnancy in women with very severe obesity
title_full Health behaviours during pregnancy in women with very severe obesity
title_fullStr Health behaviours during pregnancy in women with very severe obesity
title_full_unstemmed Health behaviours during pregnancy in women with very severe obesity
title_sort health behaviours during pregnancy in women with very severe obesity
publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/47552/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47552/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/47552/1/Mohd-Shukri_et_al._Nutrients._2015._7%2810%29._8431-43.pdf
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