Influence of gestational weight gain on the nutritional status of offspring at birth and at 5 years of age

CONCLUSIONS: After studying these results, it was concluded that promoting and implementing health and education policies focused on enhancing maternal nutritional status is essential to improve the nutritional status of children.IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Healthy gestational weight gain (GWG) is an important issue to be addressed by the midwife in primary care, both in the preconception period and throughout pregnancy. As a result, it is important that the midwife is trained and has the appropriate resources and tools to work with pregnant women individually and collectively. In addition to paying attention to overweight and obese pregnant women, the midwife should also pay attention to women with a normal BMI, as they seem to have greater difficulty in maintaining a healthy weight gain. Another line of intervention to be addressed is breastfeeding (BF), where the midwife should be the main point of reference from the beginning of this process, taking into account the relationship between BMI and BF.PMID:38142650 | DOI:10.1016/j.midw.2023.103908
Source: Midwifery - Category: Midwifery Authors: Source Type: research