Gestational weight gain increased in Louisiana during the pandemic, reports research

Louisiana women who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic were 3% to 7% more likely to exceed the recommended weight gain levels than those who gave birth prior to the pandemic. Research from Pennington Biomedical Research Center and Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge showed that instances of non-optimal gestational weight gain, or GWG, were seen in more than 45% of pregnant women during the peak of the pandemic, whereas only 42% experienced non-optimal gain in the year preceding the pandemic.