Introduction: Due to the growing prevalence of obesity, more women are overweight in early pregnancy (1). Previous studies demonstrated that pre-obesity/obesity is associated with adverse neonatal and obstetric outcomes, namely pre-eclampsia, cesarean delivery, prematurity, macrosomia, neonatal intensive care unit admissions and stillbirth (2,3). There is also evidence that excessive gestational weight gain is ...
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Objective: To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in schoolchildren from Aveiro, Portugal, according to two criteria: the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cut-offs. Design: Weight, height and waist circumference were measured. Using the BMI, gender- and age-specific prevalences of overweight and obesity were determined according to...
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