SynthesisNutrients2018
Attenuating Pregnancy Weight Gain-What Works and Why: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association of Digital Health Interventions With Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Implementation of Antenatal Lifestyle Interventions Into Routine Care: Secondary Analysis of a Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2022Pooled it
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- Exclusively Digital Health Interventions Targeting Diet, Physical Activity, and Weight Gain in Pregnant Women: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Pooled it
- Are Lifestyle Interventions to Reduce Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Cost Effective? A Systematic Review.Current diabetes reports · 2020Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Evaluating wearable-supported exercise interventions for reducing postpartum weight: a randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Trial
- Acceptability and feasibility of a planned preconception weight loss intervention in women with long-acting reversible contraception: the Plan-it mixed-methods study.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2023Trial
- An interim analysis of a gestational weight gain intervention in military personnel and other TRICARE beneficiaries.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2022Trial
- Cost effectiveness of a controlled lifestyle intervention for pregnant women with obesity.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Trial
- Effectiveness of a Smartphone App to Promote Healthy Weight Gain, Diet, and Physical Activity During Pregnancy (HealthyMoms): Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Features of smoking cessation, alcohol reduction, and diet and physical activity interventions associated with changing behaviours during pregnancy: a systematic review of reviews.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Review
- Digital Lifestyle Interventions to Support Healthy Gestational Weight Gain: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Participant characteristics in the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions to optimize gestational weight gain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- Excessive gestational weight gain associated with higher risk of cesarean delivery across body mass index categories in the United States.Journal of gynecology obstetrics and human reproduction · 2025Article
- Gestational weight gain and increased risk of cesarean delivery across body mass index categories.AJOG global reports · 2025Article
- Development of a habit-based intervention to support healthy eating and physical activity behaviours for pregnant women with overweight or obesity: Healthy Habits in Pregnancy and Beyond (HHIPBe).BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Antenatal care practices for gestational weight gain: a cross sectional survey of antenatal care providers reported provision and barriers to providing recommended care.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Antenatal care addressing gestational weight gain (GWG): a cross sectional study of pregnant women's reported receipt and acceptability of recommended GWG care and associated characteristics.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Excessive maternal gestational weight gain (GWG) contributes to generational obesity. Our aim was to explore efficacy and intervention characteristics (trimester, duration, frequency, intensity, and delivery method) of interventions to prevent excessive GWG. CINAHL, Cochrane, EMBASE, LILACS, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Scopus were searched up to May 2018 (no date or language restrictions). Keywords and MeSH terms for diet, GWG, intervention, lifestyle, maternal, physical activity, and pregnancy were used to locate randomized-controlled trials (RCTs). The Cochrane Collaboration tool for assessing risk of bias was applied. Eighty-nine RCTs were included. Meta-analysis (60 trials) estimated that women in diet only (WMD: -3.27; 95% CI: -4.96, -1.58,
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