Gaining more than now-recommended amounts of weight increased risk for death from heart disease and diabetes
By Lori Solomon HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Gestational weight gain might have implications that extend beyond the pregnancy window to long-term health, according to a study published in the Nov. 18 issue of The Lancet.
Stefanie N. Hinkle, Ph.D., from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues assessed whether gestational weight change was associated with mortality more than 50 years later. The analysis included 46,042 participants in the Collaborative Perinatal Project (1959 to 1965).
The researchers found that for participants with underweight before pregnancy (body mass index [BMI],
“This study’s novel findings support the importance of achieving healthy gestational weight gain within recommendations, adding that the implications might extend beyond the pregnancy window to long-term health, including cardiovascular and diabetes-related mortality,” the authors write.
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