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96% of overweight or obese women rated healthy diet and healthy weight before pregnancy as very important or important.
Practitioners should emphasize the importance of diet and weight management in pre-conception counseling.
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Of these, 96% rated healthy diet and healthy weight before pregnancy as very important or important.
Why this rating
Based on the survey conducted with a significant sample size.
Source
Women's attitudes towards a pre‐conception healthy lifestyle programme
Karli Funk et al. · Clinical Obesity · 2015
DOI 10.1111/cob.12088
cross-sectional · n=126Cited 16×
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