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Revisiting Gestational Weight Gain cut-offs for pregnancy monitoring and outcomes
Weight management in pregnancy is a growing concern as excessive and insufficient gestational weight gain (GWG) is linked to adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. Despite this, there are no consensual GWG recommendations used in routine clinical management of pregnancies. The existing IOM guidelines do not provide detailed guidance that are GA specific for routine monitoring during pregnancy. Pregnancy assessments of risks and classification into inadequate, normal, and excessive should be assessed at each GA as opposed to only trimester specific. In addition, IOM guidelines were based primarily on data from the United States and may not be suitable for diverse populations worldwide. In this talk, we will revisit GWG cut-offs for pregnancy monitoring and discuss approaches towards development of GWG standards and ongoing work being undertaken by WHO to re-define GWG standards.
Date:
21 October 2025, 13:00
Venue:
Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details:
Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Professor Eric Ohuma (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Organising department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Organisers:
Joanna Blaszczyk (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Sam Morris (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Michael Turner (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Dr Michelle Goonasekera (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
Michelle.Goonasekera@ndph.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Richard Doll Seminars
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Joanna Blaszczyk
