Maternal anthropometry: trends and inequalities in four population-based birth cohorts in Pelotas, Brazil, 1982–2015 | Zendy

Bernardo Lessa Horta | Zendy; Fernando C. Barros | Zendy; Natália Peixoto Lima | Zendy; Maria Cecília Formoso Assunção | Zendy; Iná S. Santos | Zendy; Marlos Rodrigues Domingues | Zendy; César G. Victora | Zendy; Aluísio J. D. Barros | Zendy; Alícia Matijasevich | Zendy; Ana Maria B. Menezes | Zendy; Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi | Zendy; Diego G. Bassani | Zendy; Fernando C. Wehrmeister | Zendy; Helen Gonçalves | Zendy; Joseph Murray | Zendy; Luciana TovoRodrigues | Zendy; Mariângela Freitas da Silveira | Zendy; Pedro Rodrigues Curi Hallal | Zendy

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Maternal anthropometry: trends and inequalities in four population-based birth cohorts in Pelotas, Brazil, 1982–2015

Author(s) -

Bernardo Lessa Horta,

Fernando C. Barros,

Natália Peixoto Lima,

Maria Cecília Formoso Assunção,

Iná S. Santos,

Marlos Rodrigues Domingues,

César G. Victora,

Aluísio J. D. Barros,

Alícia Matijasevich,

Ana Maria B. Menezes,

Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi,

Diego G. Bassani,

Fernando C. Wehrmeister,

Helen Gonçalves,

Joseph Murray,

Luciana TovoRodrigues,

Mariângela Freitas da Silveira,

Pedro Rodrigues Curi Hallal

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyy278

Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , pregnancy , socioeconomic status , anthropometry , body mass index , obesity , weight gain , population , demography , birth weight , obstetrics , pediatrics , environmental health , body weight , endocrinology , genetics , sociology , biology

Pre-pregnancy nutritional status and weight gain during pregnancy have short- and long-term consequences for the health of women and children. This study was aimed at evaluating maternal height,- and overweight or obesity at the beginning of the pregnancy and gestational weight gain, according to socioeconomic status and maternal skin colour of mothers in Pelotas, a southern Brazilian city, in 1982, 1993, 2004 and 2015.

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