Most women in the United States do not meet the recommendations for healthful nutrition
and weight before and during pregnancy. Women and providers often ask what a healthy …

Background Globally, the number of refugees and asylum seekers has reached record
highs. Past research in refugee mental health has reported wide variation in mental illness …

Importance Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) is common and associated with
adverse pregnancy outcomes. Antenatal lifestyle interventions limit GWG; yet benefits of …

Background The potential effects of pre-pregnancy body mass (BMI) and gestational weight
gain (GWG) on pregnancy outcomes remain unclear. Thus, we investigated socio …

Objective To assess the separate and combined associations of maternal pre‐pregnancy
body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain with the risks of pregnancy …

Pregnancy offers a window of opportunity to program the future health of both mothers and
offspring. During gestation, women experience a series of physical and metabolic …

Background Maternal obesity and excessive gestational weight gain may have persistent
effects on offspring fat development. However, it remains unclear whether these effects differ …

Importance Both low and high gestational weight gain have been associated with adverse
maternal and infant outcomes, but optimal gestational weight gain remains uncertain and …

Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is an acknowledged inflammatory cytokine with a pleiotropic action,
mediating innate and adaptive immunity and multiple physiological processes, including …

In 2017–2019, the March of Dimes convened a workgroup with biomedical, clinical, and
epidemiologic expertise to review knowledge of the causes of the persistent Black-White …