Abstract
New treatments for obesity are often focused on reducing appetite in otherwise healthy adults. Similarly, health guidelines and promotion programs are focused on healthy adults. We have become alarmed by the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in women of reproductive age. This issue has been equally overlooked in policy debates and clinical trials. The proportion of overweight or obese young women has overwhelmed the proportion of underweight and normal weight women. In order to prevent obesity in women and their offspring, clinical interventions and trials need to be developed for women before and in between pregnancies.
Keywords: Reproductive age, obesity, pregnancy, complications, public health, overweight, hypertension, conception, obstetricians, undernutrition, nausea, macrosomic, gestational, uterine, placenta, ketonemia, fetus, prostaglandins, intrauterine
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title: Women Tipping the Scale During Pregnancy: A Special Population for Obesity Interventions,Treatments and Clinical Trials
Volume: 17 Issue: 12
Author(s): Nancy S. Hardt, Noni A. Graham and Mark S. Gold
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Keywords: Reproductive age, obesity, pregnancy, complications, public health, overweight, hypertension, conception, obstetricians, undernutrition, nausea, macrosomic, gestational, uterine, placenta, ketonemia, fetus, prostaglandins, intrauterine
Abstract: New treatments for obesity are often focused on reducing appetite in otherwise healthy adults. Similarly, health guidelines and promotion programs are focused on healthy adults. We have become alarmed by the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in women of reproductive age. This issue has been equally overlooked in policy debates and clinical trials. The proportion of overweight or obese young women has overwhelmed the proportion of underweight and normal weight women. In order to prevent obesity in women and their offspring, clinical interventions and trials need to be developed for women before and in between pregnancies.
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S. Hardt Nancy, A. Graham Noni and S. Gold Mark, Women Tipping the Scale During Pregnancy: A Special Population for Obesity Interventions,Treatments and Clinical Trials, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2011; 17 (12) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161211795656837
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161211795656837 |
Print ISSN 1381-6128 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-4286 |
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