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Maternal obesity is a significant challenge with profound implications for maternal and child health. This chapter outlines the multifaceted impact of obesity on fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum outcomes, emphasizing its long-term effects on offspring’s health. It discusses the physiological disruptions caused by obesity, including ovulation disorders, impaired oocyte quality, and endometrial dysfunction, which contribute to infertility. During pregnancy, obesity increases the risk of complications such as gestational diabetes, hypertension, fetal malformations, and preterm birth, while postpartum, it heightens the likelihood of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Evidence-based guidelines for managing obesity are provided, focusing on preconception, gestation, and postpartum phases. Key interventions include preconception counseling, personalized weight management plans, lifestyle modifications, nutritional optimization, and addressing comorbidities. Emphasis is placed on the role of healthcare providers in delivering tailored care and the importance of multidisciplinary approaches to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes.

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Guidelines for Healthy Weight Management in Expecting Mothers

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年

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  • Sarita Jangra,
  • Cheppalli Vani,
  • Amit Sharma,
  • Thakur Gurjeet Singh,
  • Bhavesh Dharmani,
  • K. A. Shaima,
  • Bhupinder Bhyan

摘要

Maternal obesity is a significant challenge with profound implications for maternal and child health. This chapter outlines the multifaceted impact of obesity on fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum outcomes, emphasizing its long-term effects on offspring’s health. It discusses the physiological disruptions caused by obesity, including ovulation disorders, impaired oocyte quality, and endometrial dysfunction, which contribute to infertility. During pregnancy, obesity increases the risk of complications such as gestational diabetes, hypertension, fetal malformations, and preterm birth, while postpartum, it heightens the likelihood of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Evidence-based guidelines for managing obesity are provided, focusing on preconception, gestation, and postpartum phases. Key interventions include preconception counseling, personalized weight management plans, lifestyle modifications, nutritional optimization, and addressing comorbidities. Emphasis is placed on the role of healthcare providers in delivering tailored care and the importance of multidisciplinary approaches to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes.