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We evaluated the association between the weekly rate of weight gain during the second and third trimester of pregnancy, categorized according to IOM recommendations, and adverse perinatal outcomes among 1569 pregnant women with singleton live births in rural Matlab, Bangladesh. Gaining weight at rates below the IOM recommendations was associated with higher odds of preterm birth (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 2.0, 95% CI: 1.1\u20133.6), low birth weight (AOR = 1.4, 95% CI: 1.03\u20132.0), small-for-gestational-age newborns (AOR = 1.3, 95% CI: 1.04\u20131.7), and poor neonatal outcome (severe neonatal morbidity or death, AOR = 2.4, 95% CI: 1.03\u20135.6). A GWG rate above the recommendations was associated with higher odds of cesarean delivery (AOR = 1.7, 95% CI: 1.1\u20132.6), preterm birth (AOR = 2.2, 95% CI: 1.1\u20134.4), large-for-gestational-age newborns (AOR = 5.9, 95% CI: 1.5\u201323.1), and poor neonatal outcome (AOR = 2.7, 95% CI: 1.04\u20137.0). 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