Maternal Obesity - 9781107003965

For obstetricians, gynecologists, pediatricians, family practitioners, endocrinologists, midwives, dietitians, researchers, and policy makers, Gillman (population medicine, Harvard Medical School, and nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health) and Poston (women's health and maternal and fetal health, King's College London, UK) draw together 19 chapters that consider the adverse effects of obesity on women of childbearing age, including infertility, medical complications, problems in labor, and adverse birth outcomes, and evidence that the obese mother's in utero environment has long-term impacts on the health of the developing child. Obstetrics and gynecology, reproductive health, pediatrics, neonatology, nutrition and epidemiology, and other medical specialists from the US, Europe, and Brazil address the demographic trends and determinants of obesity; evidence for short and long-term outcomes in the mother and child, including cardiovascular risk, adipose tissue development, and the role of epigenetic mechanisms in the risk of obesity in the child; interventions to reduce complications such as gestational weight gain, insulin resistance and gestational diabetes, and bariatric surgery; and clinical management and public health policy. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)