Orly Grobeisen-Duque, Oscar Villavicencio-Carrisoza, Carlos Daniel Mora-Vargas, Carolina Penelope Arteaga-Lopez, Maria Guadalupe Martinez-Salazar, Alejandro Rosas-Balan, Moises León-Juárez, Maria Isabel Villegas-Mota, Veronica Zaga-Clavellina, Ma Guadalupe Aguilera-Arreola, Addy Cecilia Helguera-Repetto
Background. Gestational weight gain (GWG) constitutes an essential aspect of the gestational process. Due to factors such as pregestational body mass index (BMI), nutritional intake, level of physical activity, and psychological aspects, the recommended GWG may not be achieved, leading to adverse neonatal outcomes. Adolescents, due to their physiological and mental developmental stage, are at a higher risk of inappropriate GWG. Our aim is to highlight the importance of GWG in our population and to determine the correlation with perinatal outcomes...
March 22, 2024: Journal of Clinical Medicine