Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 126-132 , March 2010

Preconception Predictors of Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Prospective Findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study

  • Carol S. Weisman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Carol S. Weisman, PhD, Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, 600 Centerview Drive, A210, Hershey, PA 17033.
    • ,
  • Marianne M. Hillemeier, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Danielle Symons Downs, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Cynthia H. Chuang, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Anne-Marie Dyer, MS

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania

Received 21 September 2009 ,Revised 24 November 2009 ,Accepted 7 December 2009.

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 Funded, in part, under grant number 4100020719 with the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The Department specifically disclaims responsibility for any analyses, interpretations or conclusions. The Penn State Survey Research Center conducted the telephone surveys. The Study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the Penn State College of Medicine.

PII: S1049-3867(09)00158-3

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.12.002

Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 126-132 , March 2010

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