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Table 2 Opinions on current weight and potential gestational weight gain

From: Prevention and management of excessive gestational weight gain: a survey of overweight and obese pregnant women

 

All respondents (n=428)

BMI > 25 & < 29.9 kg/m2(n=197)

BMI >30 kg/m2(n=231)

SIMD 1–3 (n=163)

SIMD 4–5 (n=96)

SIMD 6–10 (n=169)

Views on current weight

      

Comfortable

173 (19)

69 (35)

12 (5)

34 (21)

14 (15)

33 (19)

Probably a bit heavy

148 (35)

81 (41)

67 (29)

52 (32)

39 (41)

57 (34)

Been trying to watch weight already

107 (25)

28 (14)

79 (34)

42 (26)

27 (28)

38 (22)

Not happy

86 (20)

17 (9)

69 (30)

33 (20)

15 (16)

38 (22)

No response

6 (>1)

2 (>1)

4 (>1)

2 (>1)

1 (>1)

3 (2)

Opinions concerning weight gain in previous pregnancies

(n=252)

     

Acceptable weight gain & return to pre pregnancy weight

85 (37)

46 (47)

39 (29)

28 (30)

51 (43)

40 (44)

Acceptable weight gain but did not return to pre-pregnancy weight

71 (30)

25 (26)

45 (33)

28 (30)

33 (28)

25 (27)

Gained a lot of weight but lost it after having the baby

39 (17)

20 (20)

19 (14)

14 (15)

22 (18)

13 (15)

Gained a lot of weight but did not lose it after having the baby

39 (17)

7 (7)

32 (24)

22 (24)

14 (11)

8 (9)

No response

19 (8)

1 (<1)

10 (14)

10 (10)

6 (10)

5 (5)

Views on potential weight gain in current pregnancy (n=428)

      

Not concerned

162 (39)

95 (50)

65 (28)

62 (38)

100 (38)

61 (36)

Expect to gain some weight but don’t want it to be too much

199 (47)

77 (40)

120 (52)

76 (47)

123 (48)

84 (49)

Really worried about gaining too much weight

57 (13)

16 (9)

41 (18)

22 (14)

35 (13)

18 (11)

No response

10 (<1)

12 (1)

2 (<1)

4 (<1)

3 (<1)

6 (3)

  1. Data are values & (%).