Global Journal of Medical Research, E: Gynecology and Obstetrics, Volume 21 Issue 3

© 2021. Pierre-Yves Robillard. This is a research/review paper, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ ), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Global Journal of Medical Research : E Gynecology and Obstetrics Volume 21 Issue 3 Version 1.0 Year 2021 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-4618 & Print ISSN: 0975-5888 Women and Pregnancies as an Immediate Target against the Obesity Epidemic By Pierre-Yves Robillard Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sud Réunion Abstract- The author wishes to enlarge an important current debate among obstetricians trying to sensitize specialists of obesity/endocrinology/nutrition, and make them aware of a possible very important debate: having a “normal shaped” baby (neither too small, nor too big, 10% of SGA, small for gestational age and 10% of LGA, large for gestational age), is possible by an optimal gestational weight gain (optGWG) during pregnancy. This is a simple mathematical linear equation, y= ax+b (y being optimal gestational weight gain, optGWG, x being pre-pregnancy body mass index, ppBMI). Beginning with severe obesity (36 kg/m²), women should not gain weight during their pregnancy, while they should lose weight in higher BMIs (e.g. losing 6 kg for a 40 kg/m² morbid obese). This is predictable since the first trimester of pregnancy. Keywords: preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, obesity, epidemiology, gestational weight gain, caesarean sections. GJMR-E Classification: NLMC Code: WQ 240 WomenandPregnanciesasanImmediateTargetagainsttheObesityEpidemic Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: