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In this issue of JAMA, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) presents an inaugural Recommendation Statement for behavioral counseling interventions for
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Physicians should offer all pregnant people behavioral counseling to promote a healthy weight and avoid excess weight gain, according to new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
In its grade B recommendations, the USPSTF stated that clinicians who provide prenatal care should offer behavioral counseling that addresses nutrition, physical activity, and lifestyle behaviors to encourage healthy weight gain during pregnancy, or should refer patients to an outside setting. The USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that behavioral counseling interventions aimed at promoting healthy weight gain and preventing excess gestational weight gain in pregnancy have a moderate net benefit for pregnant persons, wrote Karina Davidson, PhD, MASc, of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at Northwell Health in Manhasset, New York, and colleagues of the task force in