Australian Pregnant Women’s Awareness of Gestational Weight Gain and Dietary Guidelines: Opportunity for Action

Table 2

Women’s accuracy in estimating their recommended GWG according to their prepregnancy BMI category.

	Total number	Estimated recommended weight gain
		Underestimate	Correct	Overestimate
Women classified according to BMI category
Normal	83	47 (56.6%)	31 (37.3%)	5 (6%)
Overweight	45	2 (4.4%)	15 (33.3%)	28 (62.2%)
Obese	36	7 (19.4%)	9 (25%)	20 (55.5%)

Data in (%)
Total number of women who provided an estimation of their recommended gestational weight gain (GWG).