Healthy Weights in Pregnancy

Health Canada’s Gestational Weight Gain Guidelines:

http://hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/prenatal/ewba-mbsa-eng.php

Other Clinical Practice Guidelines related to Gestational Weight Gain:

SOGC Clinical Practice Guidelines: Obesity in Pregnancy (2010)                           

http://www.sogc.org/guidelines/documents/gui239ECPG1002.pdf

Association of Ontario Midwives CPG No.12: The Management of Women with a High or Low Body Mass Index (2010)

http://www.aom.on.ca/files/Health_Care_Professionals/Clinical_Practice_Guidelines/CPG_BMI_July_2010_FINAL.pdf

Health Canada’s Prenatal Nutrition Guidelines:

Prenatal Nutrition Guidelines for Health Professionals: Background on CFG

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/pubs/nutrition/guide-prenatal-eng.php

Prenatal Nutrition Guidelines for Health Professionals: Folate

http://hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/pubs/nutrition/folate-eng.php

Prenatal Nutrition Guidelines for Health Professionals:  Iron

http://hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/pubs/nutrition/iron-fer-eng.php

Prenatal Nutrition Guidelines for Health Professionals:  Fish and Omega-3s Fatty Acids

http://hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/pubs/nutrition/omega3-eng.php

Physical Activity during Pregnancy Clinical Practice Guidelines:

Joint SOGC/CSEP Clinical Practice Guidelines: Exercise in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period

http://www.sogc.org/guidelines/public/129E-JCPG-June2003.pdf

PARmed-X for Pregnancy (Physical Activity Readiness Medical Examination)

http://www.csep.ca/cmfiles/publications/parq/parmed-xpreg.pdf