Objective: This study aimed to assess the hospital based rate of high-risk obese pregnant women at Qena
University Hospital, Assess the antenatal Obstetric and Medical complications associated with Obesity among
these women and Provide health education for those obese pregnant women about the dietary requirements.
Setting: the inpatient antenatal word OF Obstetrics and Gynecology Departments at Qena University Hospital
Duration: from 1
st October 2012 to 20th April 2013.
Patients&Methds: Cross Sectional, study of 350 cases of high-risk pregnant women admitted at the inpatient
antenatal word at Qena University Hospital was used. Completing semi- structured interviewing sheet from All
high risk pregnant obese women with single fetus who have the BMI ≥ 29. After completing the sheet, giving
them brochures about nutrition according to their diagnosis and explaining how to follow.
Results. More than half (57.4%) of the sample were classified as obesity class one among high risk pregnant
women. Complications of obesity increased among high risk pregnant women such as previous caesarean
section rate (38.3%), PROM were (13.4%), pregnancy induced hypertension (11.7 %), other risk factors about
(16.3 %).
Conclusions: hospital based rate of obesity was one third of the total flow of pregnant women at this hospital
was obese with high risk pregnancy more than half of high risk pregnant were classified as obesity class one
and the most common obstetrics' complications associated with obesity were previous caesarean section and
premature rupture of membrane respectively.
Recommendations: Nutrition and exercise counseling should begins from pre-puberty, during pregnancy,
continues postpartum and before attempting another pregnancy.