Given the potential effect of obesity on individual and
population health and significant associated costs, policy
solutions that target obesity prevention and interventions must
be explored.
cesarean, postpartum weight retention, neonatal
birth weight, and childhood obesity. Women who
gained within the guidelines had less odds of
having a primary cesarean or giving birth to a
newborn with a birth weight not appropriate for
gestational age (Magerison Zilko et al., 2010).