A pilot study on the prevalence of maternal obesity in selected Greek counties.
| Autor: | Grammatikopoulou MG; Department of Human Nutrition & Dietetics, Alexander Technological Educational Institute, PO Box 141, GR-57400 Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: maria@nutr.teithe.gr., Pritsa AA, Badeka S, Aggelaki I, Giantsiou I, Houta A, Zeibekoglou V, Kyriazi M, Papanastasiou P, Perdiki E, Gkipatidou D, Tsigga M |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Endocrinologia y nutricion : organo de la Sociedad Espanola de Endocrinologia y Nutricion [Endocrinol Nutr] 2013 Nov; Vol. 60 (9), pp. 507-12. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jul 15. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.endonu.2013.03.009 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: To report a pilot prevalence of maternal overweight, obesity and underweight in selected Greek counties. Methods: A total of 441 adult childbearing women were recruited from maternity clinics in 6 Greek counties for this cross-sectional study. Pre-gravid weight status was defined according to the WHO cut-offs and gravid weight status was diagnosed with the Mardones and Rosso weight gain chart. Results: During gestation the majority of the participants were of normal body weight (BW) (34.0%), obesity was apparent in 25.6% of the sample, 23.8% of the participants were underweight, and the remaining 16.6% were overweight. Overall, pregnancy tripled the prevalence of underweight, increased the prevalence of obesity (by 388.0%) and decreased the number of participants in the normal BW category (p≤0.001 for all). The majority of participants classified in each pre-gravid weight-category remained in the same weight category during their gestation. All the pre-gravidly obese women were also obese during pregnancy. Underweight was more prevalent in Kavala (37.5%) and obesity was more frequent in Thessaloniki (30.8%). Women who were overweight prior to conception were highly likely to be overweight/obese during pregnancy (OR: 23.8, CI: 11.1-51.0). Conclusions: The results indicate a high prevalence of overweight, obesity and underweight among pregnant women in Greece. (Copyright © 2012 SEEN. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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