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Meeting #4: Implications of Weight Gain for Pregnancy Outcomes


Event Date: June 05, 2008 - June 05, 2008


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Institute of Medicine and National Research Council
Food and Nutrition Board and Board on Children, Youth, and Families


Workshop: Implications of Weight Gain for Pregnancy Outcomes: Issues and Evidence

The National Academies
Keck Center, Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
June 5, 2008

An all-day open session workshop was held on June 5, 2008 at the National Academies Keck Center, room 100, in Washington DC. The following workshop presentations are available for download:
-Trends in Distribution of Prepregnancy BMI, Andrea Sharma, PhD, MPH
-New Analyses from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, Patricia Dietz, DrPH, MPH
-Psychosocial/Behavioral Influences on Obesity: Application to Pregnancy, Suzanne Phelan, PhD
-Biological Determinants: Developmental Origins, Peter Nathanielsz, MD, PhD
-Consequences of Gestational Weight Gain: Outcomes for the Mother and Infant, Ellen Nohr, PhD
-Disparities in Fetal Growth and Ethnic-specific Growth Standards, Michael Kramer, MD -Clinic and Community-Based Intervention Programs: Impact on Gestational Weight Gain, Christine Olson, Ph.D.


For more information, please contact Heather Del Valle, Research Associate, at hdelvalle@nas.edu.
 

 



Resources & Links
Agenda: Implications of Weight Gain for Pregnancy Outcomes
Trends in the Distribution of Body Mass Index Among Women of Reproductive Age (andrea Sharma)
Updated PRAMS Analyses (Patricia Dietz)
Behavioral and Psychosocial Influences on Weight Control: Application to Pregnancy (Suzanne Phelan)
Biological Determinants: Developmental Origins (Peter Nathanielsz)
Consequences of Gestational Weight Gain: Outcomes for the Mother and Child (Ellen Nohr)
Michael S. Kramer
Clinic and Community-based Intervention Programs: Impact on Gestational Weight Gain (Christine Olson)


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