Investigation of optimal weight gain during pregnancy for Japanese Women

Abstract This study aims to compare the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Japanese guidelines proposed by the Ministry and the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity on gestational weight gain (GWG), and to explore the optimal GWG range in Japanese women. We investigated 8,152 Japanese women who ha...

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Main Authors: Kyoko Nomura, Michiko Kido, Ayumi Tanabe, Kengo Nagashima, Shinichi Takenoshita, Kazumichi Ando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02863-1