Table 2.

Gestational Weight Gain Ranges Recommended by 58 Surveyed Obstetric Providers

	Lower and upper limits of gestational weight gain
Maternal weight status	Mean (range) reported (lbs)	1990 Institute of Medicine recommendation (lbs)13	% Concordant with Institute of Medicine guidelines
Underweight
Lower limit	28 (10–35)	≥ 28a	31
Upper limit	37 (20–45)	≤ 40	45
Normal weight
Lower limit	23 (10–30)	≥ 25	62
Upper limit	33 (25–40)	≤ 35	55
Overweight
Lower limit	15 (0–25)	≥ 15	39
Upper limit	22 (15–35)	≤ 25	35
Obeseb
Lower limit	10 (0–25)	≥ 15	29

^aCredit was also given for respondents who answered 25 lbs.

^bThe 1990 Institute of Medicine guidelines did not specify an upper limit of weight gain for obese women.