Interventions to Reduce or Prevent Obesity in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review

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List of abbreviations
Executive summary
1. Background
2. Systematic review methods
3. Effectiveness of the interventions
4. Adverse effects of interventions
5. Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) findings
6. Discussion
Acknowledgements
References
Appendix 1 List of reviews evaluating the effect of weight management interventions on maternal and fetal outcomes
Appendix 2 Search strategies
Appendix 3 Clinical characteristics of the randomised controlled trials evaluating the effect of diet, physical activity and a mixed approach for weight management in pregnancy on maternal and fetal outcomes
Appendix 4 Risk of bias in randomised controlled trials included in the effectiveness review
Appendix 5 Quality assessment of individual non-randomised studies evaluating the effectiveness of weight management interventions in pregnancy
Appendix 6 Quality assessment of the observational studies evaluating the effectiveness of weight management interventions in pregnancy
Appendix 7 Clinical characteristics of the randomised controlled trials included in the review of adverse effects
Appendix 8 Risk of bias summary of the randomised controlled trials included in the review of adverse effects
Appendix 9 Quality assessment of the observational studies evaluating the adverse effects of weight management interventions in pregnancy
Appendix 10 Clinical characteristics and findings of the observational studies evaluating the adverse effects of weight management interventions in pregnancy
Appendix 11 Delphi ranking of maternal and fetal weight management outcomes according to their importance in the management of maternal weight in pregnancy
Appendix 12 Grading the quality of randomised evidence for the primary and clinically important outcomes for the effectiveness of weight management interventions in pregnancy
Appendix 13 Grading the quality of evidence for the primary and clinically important outcomes for the effectiveness of dietary interventions in pregnancy
Appendix 14 Grading the quality of evidence for the primary and clinically important outcomes for the effectiveness of physical activity interventions in pregnancy
Appendix 15 Grading the quality of evidence for the primary and clinically important outcomes for the effectiveness of mixed approach interventions in pregnancy
Appendix 16 Grading the quality of evidence for the adverse outcomes of diet in pregnancy
Appendix 17 Grading the quality of evidence for the adverse outcomes of physical activity in pregnancy
Appendix 18 Data extraction form for effectiveness of interventions for weight management in pregnancy
Appendix 19 Data extraction form for adverse effects of weight management interventions in pregnancy
Appendix 20 Review protocol
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