Even though several studies support the potentially beneficial role of breastfeeding in
postpartum weight loss, more studies with robust designs are needed to reach a reliable …

BACKGROUND: Spiritual care is one of the important and essential aspects of healthcare.
The impact of spirituality on healing, health-related states, and the ability to cope and adapt …

Background Social support may promote healthful behaviors that prevent excess weight at
critical periods in women's life. Our objective was to investigate associations of social …

Results: Compared with pre-pregnancy weight, 73% of women retained some weight at 6
months postpartum (mean (sd): 3.5 (6.2) kg). In the adjusted multivariate model, women who …

Background: There is not much data on the effects of the timing of gestational weight gain
(GWG), pre-pregnancy waist circumference (WC), pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) …

Introdução O sobrepeso e a obesidade são multicausais, porém seus determinantes ainda
não foram completamente estudados. Objetivo Estimar a prevalência de sobrepeso e de …

Maternal obesity is a global public health concern that affects every aspect of maternity care.
It affects the short-term and long-term health of the mother and her offspring. Obese …

Objective: Excess postpartum weight retention (PPWR) is related to long-term weight gain.
Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the risk factors for PPWR to provide guidance …

Resumen RAMON-ARBUES, Enrique; MARTINEZ ABADIA, Blanca y MARTIN GOMEZ,
Susana. Ganancia de peso gestacional y retención de peso posparto en una cohorte de …

This systematic review and meta‐analysis provide an update of an earlier meta‐analysis
examining the impact of gestational weight gain (GWG) on postpartum weight retention …