Prevalence of and risk factors for excess weight gain in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study using survey data.

Although this is an encouraging trend, almost one-third of Canadian women continue to gain more than the recommended amount of weight during pregnancy and are therefore at increased risk for associated maternal and neonatal complications, 2 , 3 increased postpartum weight retention, 5 , 6 further cumulative weight gain with subsequent pregnancies 22 and cardiometabolic disease associated with obesity. 8 , 9 Our estimate for excess gestational weight gain is lower than most previously reported estimates. 3 , 13 , 23 – 29 There are likely 2 major reasons for these differences.

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