Introduction
macrosomia, hypertension, overweight, prematurity
OBESE, HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC PAIN, OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY, TYPE 2 DIABETES, DISEASES, PREECLAMPSIA
Overweight and obesity in pregnant women is becoming more and more common worldwide [A number of previous studies showed that overweight and obesity are risk factors of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes, such as preeclampsia, caesarean section (CS), prematurity and macrosomia [Smartphone is getting popular in the past decade and changing the people’s lifestyle. It is now very common to use smartphone to monitor the health status for general people. In addition, smartphone is applied or tested to help manage different types of diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension and chronic pains [In this study, we conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to investigate the effects of a smartphone based weight management application (App) on the CS rate in overweight and obese pregnant women defined by the Chinese criteria.