Obesity and Obstetrics, 2nd Edition

• Provides an essential reference on the significant risk of complications during pregnancy, including early pregnancy loss, recurrent miscarriage and fetal developmental abnormalities
• Builds foundational knowledge on how maternal obesity predisposes offspring to obesity, highlighting that the prevention of childhood obesity begins during pregnancy
• Assembles critically evaluated chapters focused on obesity and obstetrics to meet the practical needs of obstetricians, endocrinologists and general practitioners

Table Of Contents:

Preface

Section 1: Epidemiology

1. Worldwide epidemic of obesity
Rohana N. Haththotuwa, Chandrika N. Wijeyaratne and Upul Senarath

2. Social, ethnic, and environmental determinants of obesity
Adi Katz, Sarah Pachtman Shetty and Richard A. Stein

3. Obesity based on genetic and
molecular influences
Charles Savona-Ventura, Adnan Hasan and Tahir Mahmood

4. The psychological basis of obesity
Afework Tsegaye, Gyongyi Kokonyei, Alexander Baldacchino, Robert Urban, Zsolt Demetrovics and H.N. Alexander Logemann

Section 2: Planning for Pregnancy in Obese Women

5. Preconception and antepartum care in overweight and obese women
Amos Grunebaum, Joachim Dudenhausen and Frank A. Chervenak

6. Management of pregnancy in women with history of weight loss surgery
Matthew Brown and Leonie Penna

7. Ultrasound scanning in early pregnancy and fetal abnormalitty screening in obese women
Victoria Mumford and Asma Khalil

8. Challenges of third-trimester screening in obese women
Moti Gulersen and Frank A. Chervenak

9. An overview of complications associated with obesity during pregnancy
Tahir Mahmood

10. Obesity and adolescent pregnancy
Manasi Patil, Hilda Yenuberi and Matthews Mathai

11. Algorithmic approach to antenatal care for women with obesity
Shiri Shinar, Dan Farine and Cynthia Maxwell

12. Antenatal care for postbariatric women
Natalie Meirowitz, Ruchira Sharma and Andrew C. Rausch

13. Obesity, hypertension, and preeclampsia
Fiona Broughton-Pipkin and Pamela Loughna

14. Obesity and venous thromboembolism and management plan
Joanne Ellison and Andrew Thomson

Section 3: Obesity and hyperglycaemiaof pregnancy

15. Pregnancy and metabolic syndrome of obesity
Sarah Barr, Scott M. Nelson and Shahzya S. Huda

16. Maternal obesity and developmental priming of risk of later disease
Ronald Ching Wan Ma, Peter D. Gluckman and Mark A. Hanson

17. Universal testing for hyperglycemia in pregnancy
Anil Kapur and Tahir Mahmood

18. Metformin use in gestational diabetes
Ian W. Campbell

19. Management of gestational diabetes mellitus to optimize outcomes
Yoel Toledano, Eran Hadar and Moshe Hod

20. Obesity, insulin resistance, and placental dysfunction-fetal growth
Mariam Al Beloushi, Anjum Doshani and Justin C. Konje

Section 4: Management of labour

21. Induction of labor in obese women
Andrew P. Brown, Carolyn Chiswick and Fiona C. Denison

22. Intrapartum care for obese and morbidly obese women
Lindsay Edwards and Boon H. Lim

23. Anesthetic issues during labor in obese women
Alistair Milne and Alistair Lee

24. Obesity, diabetes, placental pathology, and fetal malformations
Margaret J. Evans

25. Maternal obesity and the risk of stillbirth
Lisa Scott and Mairead Black

26. Cesarean delivery technique in obese women
Rebekah Jo McCurdy and Vincenzo Berghella

27. Sepsis in obese pregnant women
Ailie Grzybek, Patrick Chien and Katrine Orr

28. Multimodal framework for reducing obesity-related maternal morbidity and mortality
Leroy C. Edozien

Section 5: Interventions to improve care of women during pregnancy

29. Eating behavior and lifestyle issues in women-implications for obesity development and prevention
Nicola Heslehurst, Annie S. Anderson and Angela M. Craigie

30. Antiobesity drugs for obese women planning pregnancy
Hang Wun Raymond Li, Karen Siu Ling Lam and Pak Chung Ho

31. Weight-reducing surgery for women planning pregnancy: where are we now?
Siara Teelucksingh, Lorenzo Gonzales and Surujpal Teelucksingh

32. Developing standards of care for obese women during pregnancy
Chu Lim, Tahir Mahmood and Sabaratnam Arulkumaran

33. Planning for the future: maternity services in 2035
Hajeb Kamali, Sophie Moloney-Geany, Tim Draycott and Tahir Mahmood

34. Maternal obesity and stigma
Ellinor K. Olander