June 2018

OBGYN

HIGH BMI AND PREGNANCY WEIGHT GAIN WITH ALAN PEACEMAN, MD

Featuring: Alan Peaceman, MD

Episode Summary

More than 50 percent of women who are of childbearing age are overweight or obese, which may put them at risk for complications during pregnancy and child birth and affect their babies’ health, too. Alan Peaceman, MD, shares results of a new clinical trial, aimed to help these women safely reduce their weight gain with diet and exercise interventions.

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This podcast was originally release via the Feinberg School of Medicine News Center in June 2018.
Alan Peaceman, MD is the Chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, High-risk obstetrician at Northwestern Medicine and Lead author of the first publication from the Lifestyle Interventions For Expectant Moms (LIFE-Moms) study, funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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