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Analysis of Gestational Weight Gain During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US

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JAMA Network Open

Published Online: September 9, 2022

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Wangnan Cao, PhD¹;

Shengzhi Sun, PhD²;

Valery A. Danilack, MPH, PhD³

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
²Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
³Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

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The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with weight gain among adults, children, and adolescents,¹^,2 but little is known about gestational weight gain (GWG) among pregnant individuals. Gestational weight gain is associated with important health implications for parents and offspring, and excessive GWG is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.³ We estimated changes in GWG among individuals giving birth to live infants during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US.

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Article Information

Accepted for Publication: July 26, 2022.

Published: September 9, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.30954

Open Access: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License. © 2022 Cao W et al. JAMA Network Open.

Corresponding Author: Shengzhi Sun, PhD, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China (shengzhisun@ccmu.edu.cn).

Author Contributions: Dr Sun had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

Concept and design: All authors.

Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: Sun.

Drafting of the manuscript: Cao, Sun.

Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Sun, Danilack.

Statistical analysis: Cao, Sun.

Administrative, technical, or material support: Sun, Danilack.

Supervision: Sun, Danilack.

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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