Should local references or global standards be used to assess gestational weight gain?

Eur J Clin Nutr. 2023 Jul;77(7):762-763. doi: 10.1038/s41430-022-01202-6. Epub 2022 Sep 8.

Authors

Thais Rangel Bousquet Carrilho¹, Gilberto Kac², Jennifer A Hutcheon³

Affiliations

¹ Nutritional Epidemiology Observatory, Josué de Castro Nutrition Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. thaisrangelnut@gmail.com.
² Nutritional Epidemiology Observatory, Josué de Castro Nutrition Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

PMID: 36076066
DOI: 10.1038/s41430-022-01202-6

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Birth Weight
Gestational Age
Gestational Weight Gain*
Humans
Reference Standards