2025
Gestational Weight Gain and Increased Risk of Cesarean Delivery across Body Mass Index Categories Gestational Weight Gain and Increased Risk of Cesarean Delivery
MCELFISH P, AYERS B, HAWLEY N, CALDWELL A, PORTER A, MACECHKO M, WATSON D, CALLAGHAN-KORU J, SELIG J, ANDERSEN J, MANNING N, WHITE L, GOMEZ-POMAR E, BROWN C. Gestational Weight Gain and Increased Risk of Cesarean Delivery across Body Mass Index Categories Gestational Weight Gain and Increased Risk of Cesarean Delivery. AJOG Global Reports 2025, 100445. DOI: 10.1016/j.xagr.2025.100445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk of cesarean deliveryGestational weight gainRate of gestational weight gainHealthy pre-pregnancy BMIIncreased risk of cesarean deliveryPre-pregnancy BMIExcessive rate of gestational weight gainExcessive gestational weight gainCesarean deliveryBMI categoriesAssociated with increased risk of cesarean deliveryCesarean delivery riskPre-pregnancy BMI categoriesLow-risk birthsAmerican College of Obstetricians and GynecologistsReduce cesarean deliveryIncreased GWGVital records dataIncreased riskObstetricians and GynecologistsStudy design analysisAssociated with increased riskProportion of womenMaternal healthExcess rate
2024
A group prenatal care intervention reduces gestational weight gain and gestational diabetes in American Samoan women
Hawley N, Faasalele‐Savusa K, Faiai M, Suiaunoa‐Scanlan L, Loia M, Ickovics J, Kocher E, Piel C, Mahoney M, Suss R, Trocha M, Rosen R, Muasau‐Howard B. A group prenatal care intervention reduces gestational weight gain and gestational diabetes in American Samoan women. Obesity 2024, 32: 1833-1843. PMID: 39256170, DOI: 10.1002/oby.24102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGestational weight gainPostpartum weight changeGestational diabetes screeningClinically important between-group differenceDiabetes screeningGestational diabetesUsual care participantsPrenatal care interventionsMode of birthLow-risk pregnant womenPre-pregnancy obesityAmerican Samoan womenIncidence of gestational diabetesProportion of womenGestational diabetes incidenceInfant birth weightWeight gainBetween-group differencesCare interventionsCare participantsPreliminary effectivenessWeight changeRandom group assignmentDiabetes incidenceHigh-risk settings