Analysis of Gestational Weight Gain During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Sep 1;5(9):e2230954. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.30954.

Authors

Wangnan Cao¹, Shengzhi Sun², Valery A Danilack³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses changes in gestational weight gain in individuals giving birth to live infants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
Gestational Weight Gain*
Humans
Overweight / epidemiology
Pandemics
Weight Gain