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Pregnant women’s knowledge of obesity and ideal weight gain in pregnancy, and health behaviours of pregnant women and their partners
Author(s) -
THOMPSON Matthew W.,
NASSAR Natasha,
ROBERTSON Meiri,
SHAND Antonia W.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.2011.01328.x
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , weight gain , pregnancy , obesity , obstetrics , family medicine , body weight , gynecology , biology , genetics
We conducted a survey among a convenience sample of 149 women and their partners ( n = 136) attending antenatal services in the Canberra Hospital in 2010. Over one‐third (39%) of women and 63.6% of their partners were overweight/obese, and 69.2% of women had not received advice from their caregiver on their weight. Pregnant women and their partners’ health behaviours including smoking, and fruit and vegetable intake were strongly correlated ( P ≤ 0.01). Pregnant women require targeted advice on their weight, ideal weight gain and impact of these on pregnancy.