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The measurement of maternal adiposity.

dc.contributor.authorFattah, C
dc.contributor.authorFarah, N
dc.contributor.authorBarry, S
dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, N
dc.contributor.authorStuart, B
dc.contributor.authorTurner, M J
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-01T10:57:50Z
dc.date.available2012-02-01T10:57:50Z
dc.date.issued2012-02-01T10:57:50Z
dc.identifier.citationJ Obstet Gynaecol. 2009 Nov;29(8):686-9.en_GB
dc.identifier.issn1364-6893 (Electronic)en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0144-3615 (Linking)en_GB
dc.identifier.pmid19821657en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.3109/01443610903184025en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/208018
dc.description.abstractThe issue of maternal obesity has become a major public health problem. Internationally, the diagnosis of obesity is based on body mass index (BMI) that is, weight in kg/height in m2. While epidemiological associations have been shown between different BMI categories and adverse clinical outcomes, there is also a growing realisation that BMI has significant limitations. In this review, we assess current methods to measure body fat and, in particular, their application in pregnant women.
dc.language.isoengen_GB
dc.subject.mesh*Adiposity/physiologyen_GB
dc.subject.meshAnthropometry/*methodsen_GB
dc.subject.mesh*Body Composition/physiologyen_GB
dc.subject.meshBody Height/physiologyen_GB
dc.subject.meshBody Mass Indexen_GB
dc.subject.meshBody Weight/physiologyen_GB
dc.subject.meshDensitometryen_GB
dc.subject.meshElectric Impedanceen_GB
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_GB
dc.subject.meshHumansen_GB
dc.subject.meshObesity/*classification/diagnosis/epidemiologyen_GB
dc.subject.meshPregnancyen_GB
dc.titleThe measurement of maternal adiposity.en_GB
dc.contributor.departmentUCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, Coombe Women and Infants University, Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.en_GB
dc.identifier.journalJournal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of, Obstetrics and Gynaecologyen_GB
dc.description.provinceLeinster
html.description.abstractThe issue of maternal obesity has become a major public health problem. Internationally, the diagnosis of obesity is based on body mass index (BMI) that is, weight in kg/height in m2. While epidemiological associations have been shown between different BMI categories and adverse clinical outcomes, there is also a growing realisation that BMI has significant limitations. In this review, we assess current methods to measure body fat and, in particular, their application in pregnant women.


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