Postpartum Maternal Weight Changes: Implications for Military Women

Abstract

We have completed recruitment, data collection and data entry for this study group of new mothers attending the well-baby clinic at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego. We enrolled more than 2500 eligible women and obtained essential data from 2433 of them. Approximately 20% of the study participants are active duty women. Results so far suggest some social, demographic and behavioral risk factors that appear related to increased postpartum weight retention in both active duty and dependent mothers. In particular, high weight gain during the first trimester of pregnancy and history of weight cycling appear to be risk factors for high postpartum weight retention. In addition, history of weight cycling contributes to excessive pregnancy weight gain, and may be an important indicator of women at risk for subsequent obesity after pregnancy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA406829

Entities

People

  • Barbara Abrams

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Body Weight
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Education
  • Health Services
  • Information Science
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Operations
  • Overweight
  • Physical Activity
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Risk Factors

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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