High pregnancy weight gain and risk of excessive fetal growth

Dietz, Patricia M.; Callaghan, William M.; Sharma, Andrea J.

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.04.051

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High pregnancy weight gain and risk of excessive fetal growth

Presented (partial analysis) at the Implications of Weight Gain for Pregnancy Outcomes meeting for the Institute of Medicine's Committee to Reexamine IOM Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines, Washington, DC, June 5, 2008.

Received 14 November 2008; received in revised form 26 February 2009; accepted 22 April 2009.

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Cite this article as: Dietz PM, Callaghan WM, Sharma AJ. High pregnancy weight gain and risk of excessive fetal growth. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:51.e1-6.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00441-4

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.04.051

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Low pregnancy weight gain and small for gestational age: a comparison of the association using 3 different measures of small for gestational age
Patricia M. Dietz, William M. Callaghan, Ruben Smith, Andrea J. Sharma
American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology July 2009 (Vol. 201, Issue 1, Pages 53.e1-53.e7)