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Objective
The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence of overweight/obesity and excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) among military beneficiaries and to assess associations of these risk factors with maternal/neonatal complications and substantial postpartum weight retention (PPWR).
Methods
We obtained data for 48,391 TRICARE beneficiaries who gave birth in 2018 or 2019 in the...