What The Study Did: Birth and infant death data for 15.8 million mother-infant pairs in the United States were used to identify optimal gestational weight gain ranges associated with reduced risks of infant illness and death for different maternal weight categories.
Authors: Huijun Chen, M.D., of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, China, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.41498)
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