Edited by Margaret Rees Mahantesh Karoshi Louis Keith £29.95,  978-185315-761-5,  286pp,  Paperback,  November 2008

The obesity epidemic is adversely affecting reproductive health compromising both the mother and the fetus. Written by international experts this practical guide for health professionals is an invaluable resource for dealing with obese pregnant women on a day-to-day basis. It not only covers specific pregnancy issues but also weight loss strategies, and suggestions to augment care plans and counselling.

Topics covered are: Core issues, Obesity and reproduction, Preconceptual, antenatal and postnatal care and Surgery and anaesthesia (See contents list below for more detail)

About the editors:
Margaret Rees is a Reader in Reproductive Medicine, and Honorary Consultant in Medical Gynaecology at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK. Her co-editors are Mahantesh Karoshi, a Specialist Registrar in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Frimley Park Foundation Hospital NHS Trust, Surrey, UK and Louis Keith, a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, and Attending Physician, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Prentice Women's Hospital and Maternity Center, Chicago, in the USA

Contents:
Section 1 Core issues
1 Obesity: where are we growing to? Epidemiology and long-term health consequences of obesity
2 Pregravid obesity versus excessive weight gain in pregnancy
3 The psychology of obesity in women and pregnancy
4 The molecular biology of obesity

Section 2 Obesity and reproduction
5 Fertility and conception
6 Maternal risks: Hypertension, Thromboembolism, Gestational diabetes
7 Fetal risks: early and late pregnancy, long term complications into adult life

Section 3 Preconceptual, antenatal and postnatal care
8 Antenatal care and ultrasound monitoring
9 Intrapartum care
10 Postpartum care
11 Obesity and contraception
12 Diet and anti-obesity drugs
13 Surgical treatment of chronic overnutrition
14 Diabetes and obesity

Section 4 Surgery and anaesthesia
15 Operative delivery
16 Anaesthetic techniques

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