RT Book, Section A1 Lane, Sandra D. A2 Silverman, Robert K. SR Print(0) ID 1139756725 T1 Pregnancy and Obesity in Social Context T2 Obesity Medicine: Management of Obesity in Women's Health Care YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071843515 LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1139756725 RD 2024/11/13 AB The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) noted that the dramatic increase in obesity in the United States in the later part of the 20th century is reflected among childbearing women.1 The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of obesity among adults, conducted in 2011 to 2012, found that 36.1% of adult women were obese; among African American women, the figure reached 56.6%, and among Hispanic women, it was 44.4%.2 Those alarming statistics not only have important clinical significance but also reflect social, political, and ecological trends that provide the context to and contribute as risk factors to poor pregnancy outcomes.