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Overweight and obesity knowledge prior to pregnancy: a survey study

Marloes D Nitert1, Katie F Foxcroft2, Karin Lust3, Narelle Fagermo3, Debbie A Lawlor4, Michael O'Callaghan5, H David Mcintyre6,7 and Leonie K Callaway7,8*

1 School of Medicine, Royal Brisbane Clinical School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

2 Department of Internal Medicine Research Unit, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

3 Department of Maternity Services and Internal Medicine & Aged Care, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

4 Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

5 Mater Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

6 Departments of Endocrinology and Obstetric Medicine, Mater Health Services, Brisbane, Australia

7 Centre for Diabetes and Endocrine Research, The University of Queensland, Bribane, Australia

8 Department of Internal Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2011, 11:96 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-11-96

Published: 21 November 2011

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Appendix 1. The appendix contains the list of questions posed to the participants in the survey regarding the knowledge of the effects of overweight and obesity in pregnancy.

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Participant response (%) for risk of complications for women with BMI < and BMI ≥ 25. This file contains the tabular results for the data presented graphically in Figure 1.

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