ArticleReproductive health2018
Are women in Uganda gaining adequate gestational weight? A prospective study in low income urban Kampala.
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- Effect of nutrition education integrating the health belief model and theory of planned behavior during pregnancy on gestational weight gain and birth weight in Southeast Ethiopia using complex analyses.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Trial
- Gestational weight gain and its determinant factors among women attending at public health facilities, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2025Article
- Pattern of weight gain in pregnant women in slum areas of Hamadan using multilevel ordinal regression.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Prevalence and temporal trends in prepregnancy nutritional status and gestational weight gain of adult women followed in the Brazilian Food and Nutrition Surveillance System from 2008 to 2018.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
- Pre-conception and prenatal factors influencing gestational weight gain: a prospective study in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Patterns and predictors of gestational weight gain in Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study.Reproductive health · 2021Article
- Piperaquine Exposure Is Altered by Pregnancy, HIV, and Nutritional Status in Ugandan Women.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2020Article
- Decision-to-delivery interval of emergency cesarean section in Uganda: a retrospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundPre-pregnancy weight and weight gained during pregnancy significantly influence maternal and infant health. Little information is available regarding optimal gestational weight gain (GWG) in relation to pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) in Uganda. The study aimed at determining gestational weight gain (GWG) in women pregnant for the first and second time.
methodsThe study was prospective cohort study which included 221 HIV negative women pregnant for the first or second time. It was conducted in the antenatal clinic of the directorate of gynecology and obstetrics, Mulago hospital and women were recruited at ≤18 weeks of gestation by dates. Follow up measurements were done at 26 and 36 weeks gestation. Measured maternal height and reported pre-pregnancy weight were used to calculate BMI. Depending on BMI category, GWG was categorized as inadequate, adequate and excessive based on the Uganda Ministry of Health guidelines.
resultsThe participants' mean ± standard deviation (Sd) age was 20.9 ± 2.7 years and mean ± Sd BMI was 21.40 ± 2.73 kg/m
conclusionAbout 62% of pregnant women in Kampala did not gain adequate weight during their first/second pregnancy. We recommend that studies be carried out to assess whether the Uganda Ministry of Health recommendations for weight gain during are appropriate for preventing adverse pregnancy outcomes across populations in Uganda.
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