Maternal Obesity and Pregnancy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ovesen, Per Glud (Editor), Møller Jensen, Dorte (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gynecology.; Obstetrics.; Maternal and child health services.; Endocrinology.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.; Maternal and Child Health.

A dramatic and worldwide increase is occurring in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in women of childbearing age. Obese women carry a significant excess risk of complications during pregnancy, including infertility, spontaneous abortion, congenital malformations, gestational diabetes, preecla...

Table of Contents:

• Epidemiology
• Fertility and obesity
• Glucose metabolism
• Clinical management
• Exercise
• Miscarriage & malformations
• Pregnancy complications
• Weight gain during pregnancy
• Developmental programming
• Ultrasound in obesity
• Macrosomia
• Shoulder dystocia
• Perinatal mortality
• Anesthesia
• Macrosomia and neonatology
• Childhood obesity
• HAPO data
• Breastfeeding
• Pregnancy following gastric surg.