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.