A Population-Based Study on Gestational Weight Gain according to Body Mass Index in the Southeast of Brazil
Figure 1
Adequacy ranges of weight gain by BMI category according to the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine, 2009, of women in southeast of Brazil. kg/m2: between 12.2 and 18 kg; kg/m²: between 11 and 16 kg; kg/m²: between 7 and 11.5 kg; kg/m²: between 5 and 9 kg (IOM, 2009).