Promoting a Healthy Weight After Delivery
All postpartum women Postpartum women with BMI ≥30 NICE 6–8-week postnatal check: 6–8-week postnatal check: Ask those who are overweight and obese or who have concerns about their weight…
Obesity and Physical Activity During Pregnancy and Postpartum: Evidence, Guidelines, and Recommendations
Absolute contraindications Relative contraindications Hemodynamically significant heart disease Chronic bronchitis Incompetent cervix/cerclage Poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus Multiple gestation at risk for premature labor Extreme morbid obesity Persistent second-…
Body Image as a Contributor to Weight in Pregnancy and Postpartum: Racial Differences
Figure 7.1 Confluence of obesogenic environment and cultural influence. Black cultural influence has an additive interaction with the overall obesogenic environment further promoting obesity among Black women. Conversely, White cultural…
Obesity Screening Recommendations and Emerging Policies
BMI Obesity class Disease risksa relative to normal weight and waist circumference Men Women Underweight < 18.5 Normal 18.5–24.9 Overweight 25.0–29.9 Increased High Obese 30.0–34.9 I High Very high…
Maternal Obesity and Implications for the Long-Term Health of the Offspring
Series (year) [reference] Design Sample/setting Maternal obesity measure Cardiometabolic outcome Age at follow-up Key findings Blood pressure Filler et al. (2008) [31] Cohort Children’s Hospital, London Health Science Centre, UK…
Maternal Obesity, Gestational Weight Gain, and Childhood Growth in the First Year of Life
Prepregnancy BMI Total weight gain Rates of weight gain, second and third trimester Range in kg Range in lb Mean (range) in kg/week Mean (range) in lb/week Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2)…
Family-Centered Interventions to Reduce Maternal and Child Obesity
Author (year) Designa Country Sample size Age of target child Focusb Delivery channel Intervention target Intervention dose Length of follow-up Improved weight outcomec T P Parent only Parent + child Child Parent…
Relationship Between Depressive Mood and Maternal Obesity: Implications for Postpartum Depression
, Jennifer L. Payne2 and Samantha Meltzer-Brody3 (1) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas at Galveston, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA (2) Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD,…
Epidemiologic Trends and Maternal Risk Factors Predicting Postpartum Weight Retention
Figure 5.1 US trends in overweight and obesity in women 1960–2008 (age 20–44 or 20–39 years) Figure 5.2 Secular trends in gestational weight gain from 1995 to 2009; US Pregnancy…
Preconception and Pregnancy Care in Overweight or Obese Woman
Prepregnancy BMI BMI (kg/m2) Recommended total weight gain range (lb) Rates of weight gain (2nd and 3rd trimester) (mean range in lb/week) Underweight <18.5 28–40 1 (1–3) Normal weight 18.5–24.9…
