Institute of Medicine and National Research Council
Food and Nutrition Board and Board on Children, Youth, and Families

Implications of Weight Gain for Pregnancy Outcomes:
Issues and Evidence

The National Academies
Keck Center, Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
June 5, 2008
 

To view the workshop agenda, click here.

The following workshop presentations are available for viewing (pdf format) by clicking below:

• Trends in Distribution of Prepregnancy BMI, Andrea Sharma, PhD, MPH
• New Analyses from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, Patricia Dietz, DrPH, MPH
• Psychosocial/Behavioral Influences on Obesity: Application to Pregnancy, Suzanne Phelan, PhD
• Biological Determinants: Developmental Origins, Peter Nathanielsz, MD, PhD 
• Consequences of Gestational Weight Gain: Outcomes for the Mother and Infant, Ellen Nohr, PhD
• Disparities in Fetal Growth and Ethnic-specific Growth Standards, Michael Kramer, MD
   

For more information, please contact M. Jennifer Datiles, Senior Program Assistant, at MDatiles@nas.edu.