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Women with Class I or Class II obesity achieve better gestational weight gain outcomes with usual care compared to enhanced care interventions.

For pregnant women with Class I or II obesity, standard obstetric care and written educational materials are sufficient to achieve healthy weight gain. Adding intensive lifestyle interventions (dietitian visits, personalized charts) does not improve outcomes and may be unnecessary resource expenditure for these patients.

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Women with class I or II obesity had better GWG outcomes without these additional interventions.
A. Dhanya Mackeen et al. · Obesity Science & Practice · 2021

Why this rating

RCT subgroup analysis with statistical significance for Class II (p=0.04).

Source

Encouraging appropriate gestational weight gain in high‐risk gravida: A randomized controlled trial

A. Dhanya Mackeen et al. · Obesity Science & Practice · 2021

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