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Table 2 Weight Profiles of Participants

From: Competing priorities: a qualitative study of how women make and enact decisions about weight gain in pregnancy

 

Percentage (n = 39)

Predicted total pregnancy weight gain from weight at time of interview.

 Gaining above guidelines

24 (62%)

 Gaining within guidelines

7 (18%)

 Gaining below guidelines

6 (15%)

Pre-pregnancy BMI

 Obese (>30)

7 (18%)

 Overweight (25–29.9)

6 (15%)

 Normal (18.5–24.9)

26 (67%)

 Underweight (< 18.5)

0 (0%)