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Leveraging Action to Support Dissemination of the Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines workshop summary

"Since 1990, when the last guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy were issued, the average body weight of women entering their childbearing years has increased considerably, with a greater percentage of these women now classified as overweight or obese. Women of childbearing age are also m...

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Main Authors: Rodgers, Anne Brown (Author), Yaktine, Ann L. (Author)
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Food and Nutrition Board, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Implementation of the IOM Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines, Leveraging Action to Support Dissemination of the Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines (Workshop) (2013, Washington, D.C.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press [2013], 2013
Subjects:
United States
Prenatal Care
Pregnancy Complications / Prevention & Control
Pregnancy
Practice Guidelines As Topic
Weight Gain
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Keynote addresses
  • Session 1: communicating the preganancy weight gain guidelines
  • Session 2: Panel discussion: what are we doing to support behavior change?
  • Session 3: implementing the guidelines
  • Presentation on the First Thousand Days program
  • Session 4: collaborating for action
  • Final thoughts
  • Includes bibliographical references

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