Association between Gestational Weight Gain and Maternal and Birth Outcomes in Northern Ghana

Table 1

Classification of weight gain (adopted from the Institute of Medicine).

Prepregnancy BMI	BMI (kg/m)	Range of inadequate weight gain (kg)	Range of normal weight gain (kg)	Range of excessive weight gain (kg)
Underweight	<18.5	<12.5	12.5-18.0	>18.0
Normal weight	18.5-24.9	<11.5	11.5-16.0	>16.0
Overweight	25.0-29.9	<7.0	7.0-11.5	>11.5
Obese (includes all classes)	≥30.0	<5.0	5.0-9.0	>9.0