Obesity Epidemic: Impact From Preconception to Postpartum | Zendy

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Obesity Epidemic: Impact From Preconception to Postpartum

Author(s) -

Hind Moussa,

Mesk Alrais,

M.G. Leon,

Elizabeth L Abbas,

Baha M. Sibai

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

future science oa

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825

H-Index - 23

ISSN - 2056-5623

DOI - 10.4155/fsoa-2016-0035

Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , preeclampsia , pregnancy , gestational diabetes , obstetrics , diabetes mellitus , population , fetal macrosomia , fetal programming , disease , postpartum period , fetus , pediatrics , gestation , endocrinology , environmental health , biology , genetics

The obesity epidemic is on the rise throughout the USA and the world. Not only does it affect the general population but it also specifically poses unique threats to a woman’s life in the antepartum, peripartum and postpartum periods. An increased BMI is associated with worse perinatal outcomes, including higher rates of preeclampsia (and other hypertensive disorders), macrosomia, other neonatal morbidities and gestational diabetes. Isolated maternal obesity and additional maternal diabetes predispose the infant to potential adult disease through fetal programming. This review of the literature examines the effects of obesity on a woman’s life, outlining complications beginning with preconception through the postpartum period.

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