Collateral Damage: Maternal Obesity During Pregnancy Continues to Rise

Conclusions and Relevance Are current prepregnancy lifestyle and behavioral interventions feasible to prevent maternal obesity complications? Epigenetic and metabolomic research will be critical to determine what is needed to blunt the effects of maternal obesity and to discover successful treatment. Target Audience Obstetricians, gynecologists, family physicians, midwives, nurse practitioners, and dietitians Learning Objectives After participating in this activity, the learner should be better able to identify lifestyle interventions used to prevent complications from an obese pregnancy; describe emerging maternal obesity complications; classify the severity of maternal obesity in the United States; and explain barriers to lifestyle intervention success in obese pregnancy.
Source: Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey - Category: OBGYN Tags: CME ARTICLES Source Type: research