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Interventions to prevent maternal obesity before conception, during pregnancy, and post partum
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Interventions to prevent maternal obesity before conception, during pregnancy, and post partum

Mark Hanson, Mary Barker, Jodie M. Dodd, Shiriki Kumanyika, Shane Norris, Eric Steegers, Judith Stephenson, Shakila Thangaratinam and Huixia Yang
The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology, v 5(1), pp 65-76
01 Jan 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30108-5
PMID: 27743974
Featured in Collection :   UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
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https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/396533/1/__soton.ac.uk_ude_personalfiles_users_jek_mydesktop_TLDE%2520PAPER_Final%2520submission_Preconception%2520and%2520maternal%2520obesity%2520interventions%2520Clean.docxView
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Abstract

Endocrinology & Metabolism Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology
Prevention of obesity in women of reproductive age is widely recognised to be important both for their health and for that of their off spring. Weight-control interventions, including drug treatment, in pregnant women who are obese or overweight have not had sufficient impact on pregnancy and birth outcomes, which suggests that the focus for intervention should include preconception or post-partum periods. Further research is needed into the long-term effects of nutritional and lifestyle interventions before conception. To improve preconception health, an integrated approach, including pregnancy prevention, planning, and preparation is needed, involving more than the primary health-care sector and adopting an ecological approach to risk reduction that addresses personal, societal, and cultural influences. Raising awareness of the importance of good health in the period before pregnancy will require a new social movement: combining bottom-up mobilisation of individuals and communities with a top-down approach from policy initiatives. Interventions to reduce or prevent obesity before conception and during pregnancy could contribute substantially to achievement of the global Sustainable Development Goals, in terms of health, wellbeing, productivity, and equity in current and future generations.

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