MPG.eBooks - Table of Contents: Weight gain during pregnancy

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rasmussen, Kathleen M.
Corporate Author:	Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Committee to Reexamine IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines
Other Authors:	Yaktine, Ann L.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D. C. National Academies Press c2009, 2009
Subjects:	United States Prenatal Care Pregnancy Complications / Prevention & Control Pregnancy Practice Guidelines As Topic Weight Gain
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK32813
Collection:	National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa

Table of Contents:

Setting the stage for revising pregnancy weight guidelines : conceptual framework
Descriptive epidemiology and trends
Composition and components of gestational weight gain : physiology and metabolism
Determinants of gestational weight gain
Consequences of gestational weight gain for the mother
Consequences of gestational weight gain for the child
Determining optimal weight gain
Approaches to achieving recommended gestational weight gain
Open session and workshop agendas
Committee member biographical sketches
Includes bibliographical references and index