Pregnancy-related weight gain--a link to obesity?

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Published in Nutr Rev on July 01, 2004

Authors

Anna Maria Siega-Riz1, Kelly R Evenson, Nancy Dole

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA.

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