Zeitschrift für Adipositas- und Gewichtsverlusttherapie

Abstrakt

Weight gain pattern among pregnant women, associated factors, maternal and fetal outcomes in Nablus district

Mariam Amer Al-Tell

Healthy pregnant women with good nutritional status certainly are important for mother and fetus. During pregnancy gaining weight is both required and expected as it occurred as a consequence for the rapid physiological changes.   The study aimed at identifying the patterns of Gestational Weight Gain among pregnant women in Nablus district, to determine the related associated factors and to find out maternal and fetal outcomes during the study period.   A quantitative, cross-sectional study approach was adopted to recruit 387 pregnant women from the Ministry of Health antenatal clinics in Nablus city.  Self administrative questionnaire was used to collect the data that included assessment of biometric measurement (height, weight), physical activity and assessment of maternal and fetal complication the findings showed that (43.7%) of pregnant women participate in the study gain Inadequate Gestational Weight Gain, (36.1%) were with Adequate Gestational Weight Gain and (20.3%) were classified with  Excessive Gestational Weight Gain, there were a significant relationship between BMI and total GWG (P-value 0.00)and women attitude regard how to eat (P-value 0.003), in addition to that women with IGWG were 1.7 times to have labor and postpartum complications (OR=1.658), occurrence of GDM, PIH and pre-eclampsia were higher among women with EGWG.  The women's pre-pregnancy body mass index and attitude regarding how to eat affect women GWG that affect maternal and fetal complications. It is recommended that weight assessment is crucial during the pregnancy period, and maintaining adequate weight during pregnancy has its effect on minimizing maternal and fatal complications.