Weight gain in pregnancy and childhood body composition: findings from the Southampton Women’s Survey

Crozier, Sarah; Inskip, Hazel; Godfrey, Keith M.; Cooper, Cyrus; Harvey, Nicholas C.; Cole, Zoë; Robinson, Siân

doi:10.3945/ajcn.2009.29128

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“…A recent report from the UK found that almost 50% of women gain too much weight (as defined by the American Institute of Medicine Guidelines (Institute of Medicine, 2009)) in pregnancy (Crozier et al, 2010). Excessive weight gain is associated with postnatal weight retention (Walker, 2007), an increased risk of preeclampsia and delivering by caesarean section (Cedergren, 2006, Crane et al, 2009 and having an obese 4-year and 6-year old child (Crozier et al, 2010 Thus, interventions in the UK need to focus on improving healthy eating in pregnancy (Stuebe et al, 2009, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2010, Laraia et al, 2007.…”

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Promoting healthy eating in pregnancy: What kind of support services do women say they want?

Olander

Atkinson

Edmunds

et al. 2012

Prim Health Care Res Dev

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Promoting healthy eating in pregnancy: What kind of support services do women say they want?

Olander

Atkinson

Edmunds

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Prim Health Care Res Dev

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“…More specifically, 35 per cent of Australian women of child-bearing age (ages [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] are overweight or obese (9) .…”

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Women’s reported health behaviours before and during pregnancy: A retrospective study

Smedley

Jancey

Dhaliwal

et al. 2013

Health Education Journal

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Objective: This study aimed to determine women"s reported health behaviours (physical activity, diet, weight management) before and during the pregnancy; and to identify sources of health information. Design:Retrospective study incorporating quantitative (a self-completed survey) and qualitative (one-on-one interviews) methods. Methodology:Participants were women aged 18 or over; had no pre-existing medical condition that might be exacerbated during pregnancy (e.g. diabetes, heart condition); and had given birth in the last 12 months. Nineteen women agreed to one-on-one interviews and 100 women agreed to complete a mailed questionnaire. Qualitative data and quantitative data were analysed using a descriptive qualitative methodology and by using McNemar"s test for correlated proportions, respectively. Results:Participants reported a significant reduction in their level of physical activity during pregnancy; a significant increase in consumption of fruit, vegetables and fibre, and a decrease in fast food consumption (all p<0.05). Medical practitioners are the preferred source of health information but seem to provide insufficient information about health behaviours during pregnancy, in relation to physical activity, diet and weight management. Conclusion:Women reported eating a healthier diet and reducing their level of physical activity during the antenatal period, compared to pre-pregnancy. There is a need to improve the provision of health information on physical activity, diet and weight management in the antenatal period.

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“…Effective early preventive strategies are therefore urgently needed. A growing body of longitudinal research indicates that childhood overweight (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13) and higher proportions of body fat in children (8,14) are associated with excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) via mechanisms referred to as foetal programming (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13).…”

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Late pregnancy reversal from excessive gestational weight gain lowers risk of childhood overweight-A cohort study

Kries

Chmitorz

Rasmussen

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Obesity

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Objective: Whether reversal to adequate gestational weight gain (GWG) in the third trimester reverses the risk for childhood overweight associated with excessive GWG is assessed. Design and Methods: In a retrospective cohort study in 6,665 mother-child pairs, pre-pregnancy weight and the temporal course of GWG were collected from medical records. Overweight as defined by International Obesity Task Force was assessed at a mean age of 5.8 years. Main exposures were exceeding week-specific cut-off values for GWG in the third trimester or any previous trimester. Logistic regression models, adjusted for possible confounding factors, were used to predict the risk of childhood overweight from excessive GWG in the third trimester with stratification by excessive GWG in previous trimesters. Results: In the final model, women who avoided excessive GWG in the third trimester had children with a 31% (odds ratio [OR]: 0.69, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.59, 0.82) lower probability being overweight. A similar association was observed for reversing from excessive GWG in the first or second trimester to normal GWG in the third trimester: 27% (OR: 0.73, 95% CI: 0.53, 0.99). Conclusions: Avoidance of excessive GWG in the third trimester is associated with lower risk of childhood overweight even in case of excessive GWG in the first or second trimester.

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Weight gain in pregnancy and childhood body composition: findings from the Southampton Women’s Survey

Abstract: Appropriate pregnancy weight gain, as defined by 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations, is linked to lower levels of adiposity in the offspring.

Cited by 199 publications

References 33 publications

Promoting healthy eating in pregnancy: What kind of support services do women say they want?

Promoting healthy eating in pregnancy: What kind of support services do women say they want?

Women’s reported health behaviours before and during pregnancy: A retrospective study

Late pregnancy reversal from excessive gestational weight gain lowers risk of childhood overweight-A cohort study

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