Body Mass Index, Eating Attitudes, and Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period

Abstract

These results provide evidence for a significant, albeit moderate, relationship between BMI, eating attitudes, and symptoms of depression and anxiety in the postpartum period that are not present during pregnancy.

The association of pregnancy and the development of obesity – results of a systematic review and meta-analysis on the natural history of postpartum weight retention

“…Tables 1-3 summarize the results of the qualitative analysis. Fifteen prospective studies, 23,24,[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]38,[40][41][42][43][44][45] five retrospective studies, 22,[25][26][27][28]37,46 and the control group from a randomized controlled trial 39 were included in the final analysis. Studies in which women were recruited around the time of delivery and then followed prospectively for postpartum body weight (ambivalent design, as baseline weight was assessed retrospectively) 24,29,30,[34][35][36][44][45][46] were considered as prospective in design, as we wanted to focus on the development of postpartum weight change.…”

“…The majority of studies were conducted in North America [22][23][24]29,35,[37][38][39][40]42,45,46 and Europe, [25][26][27][28]34,36,41,43 where the magnitude of weight retention among women appears to be similar. 39 In developing countries, women retain less weight after pregnancy compared with women in developed countries.…”

“…[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] The study populations were mainly recruited from inpatients in departments of obstetrics. [24][25][26][31][32][33]35,36,[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] There was a higher percentage of low-income women in the studies conducted in North America, but socio-economic status was thought to be homogeneous across studies. 35,37,39,42,45,46 The sample size varied between 47 and 1423 women.…”

“…[24][25][26][31][32][33]35,36,[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] There was a higher percentage of low-income women in the studies conducted in North America, but socio-economic status was thought to be homogeneous across studies. 35,37,39,42,45,46 The sample size varied between 47 and 1423 women. Six studies had small sample sizes (o100 women).…”

“…Six studies had small sample sizes (o100 women). 23,27,28,35,39,41,46 Four studies had sample sizes of over 500 women. 24,36,38,40 Studies were judged homogeneous regarding participants' age.…”