Weight Gain During Pregnancy - National Research Council a Institute of Medicine a Board on Children, Youth, and Families a Food and Nutrition Board a Committee to Reexamine IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines

As women of childbearing age have become heavier, the trade-off between maternal and child health created by variation in gestational weight gain has become more difficult to reconcile. Weight Gain During Pregnancy responds to the need for a reexamination of the 1990 Institute of Medicine guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy.