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. 2024 Dec 12;21:E98. doi: 10.5888/pcd21.240137

Figure 2.

Panel A: Prevalence of inadequate weight gain increased across all racial and ethnic groups prior to the pandemic (2020, quarter 1) but attenuated after the pandemic across all groups. Panel B: Prevalence of excessive weight gain was high and remained stable across all racial and ethnic groups before (2020, quarter 1) and after the pandemic. Panel C: Prevalence of adequate weight gain decreased slightly prior to the pandemic (2020, quarter 1) but increased after the pandemic across all racial and ethnic groups.

Prevalence of 3 categories of gestational weight gain among women with 1 or more full-term (≥37 weeks) singleton births in South Carolina, by race or ethnicity, from 2015 through 2021: inadequate weight gain (Panel A), excessive weight gain (Panel B), and adequate weight gain (Panel C). Thick black vertical line indicates the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dotted lines indicate 95% CIs. Other race or ethnicity includes women who self-identified as Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander or those whose race/ethnicity was missing. Abbreviation: Q, quarter of year.