BookWanda Nicholson, Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, editors.
Contents:
Section I. Introduction
1. Introduction: Breaking the Cycle of Obesity in Mothers and Children
2. Obesity and infertility
3. Preconception and Pregnancy Care in Overweight or Obese Women
4. hared Decision-Making and Labor Management in Parturients
Section II. Translating the Metabolism of Pregnancy
5. Epidemiologic Trends and Maternal Factors Predicting Postpartum Weight
6. Relationship between depressive mood and maternal obesity- implications for postpartum depression
7. Body Image as a Contributor to Weight in Pregnancy and Postpartum
Section III. The Event
8. Promoting a Healthy Weight After Delivery
9. Obesity and Physical Activity During Pregnancy and Postpartum: Evidence, Guidelines, and Recommendations
10. Maternal obesity, gestational weight gain, and childhood growth in the first year of life
Section IV. Meeting the Challenges
11. ernal Obesity and Implications for the Long-term Health of the Offspring
12. Family- centered interventions to reduce maternal and child obesity
13. Obesity Screening Recommendations and Emerging Policies.