Abstract

Background: Maternal weight gain during pregnancy is a good prediction tool in short- and long-term health of pregnant women and their children. Objectives: To study the effect of early weight gain of pregnant women until the end of the nd 2 trimester of pregnancy, depending on their prepregnancy body mass index (BMI).
Materials and Methods: A total of nd 116 healthy pregnant women were followed until the 2 trimester of pregnancy, their weight and height before pregnancy, st nd as well as the current weight at the end of the 1 and 2 trimesters were collected. Data included age, parity, eating habits, and physical activity level. Statistics were performed using the StatView software.
Results: The mean prepregnancy BMI nd was 27 ± 5.27 kg/m². Weight gain in the 2 trimester is 6.33 ± 4.84 kg. It decreases with the increasing age of the mother (25% of women between 20 and 24.9 years vs. 12.5% of >35). Furthermore, it decreases with the increasing number of children (62.5% in nulliparous vs. 25% in multiparous). Breakfast is skipped by 64.5% of overweight pregnant women st nd in the 1 trimester and 90% in the 2 one. 80.17% and 69.83% of pregnant women do not practice any physical activity. Conclusion: Overweight and obese pregnant women before pregnancy do not take enough weight during pregnancy. Prospects will to analyze behaviors related to health and social status. st nd