Pregnant women in most LMICs struggle to gain enough weight, with surveys across 70 countries indicating that even expectant mothers in the highest-income groups don't usually achieve the minimum recommended weight gain to avoid risk of adverse outcomes

Pregnant women in most LMICs struggle to gain enough weight, with surveys across 70 countries indicating that even expectant mothers in the highest-income groups don't usually achieve the minimum recommended weight gain to avoid risk of adverse outcomes.

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0003484

Article Title: Gestational weight gain at the national, regional, and income group levels based on 234 national household surveys from 70 low-income and middle-income countries

Author Countries: Brazil, United States

Funding: This research was supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-016436 to WWF). The funder had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or manuscript preparation. The authors had full access to all the data in the study and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.