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 2024/04/24
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.