The role of parity in gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention Hill, Briony, McPhie, Skye and Skouteris, Helen 2015, The role of parity in gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention, Womens health issues, vol. In press, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2015.09.012. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The role of parity in gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention Author(s) Hill, Briony orcid.org/0000-0003-4993-3963 McPhie, Skye Skouteris, Helen Journal name Womens health issues Volume number In press Start page 1 End page 7 Total pages 7 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2015 ISSN 1878-4321 Summary OBJECTIVES: Parity, excessive gestational weight gain (GWG), and postpartum weight retention (PPWR) have been identified as risk factors for maternal obesity. The aim of this study was to explore whether GWG and PPWR at 6 and 12 months after birth differed for primiparous and multiparous Australian women. METHODS: One hundred thirty-eight Australian women provided weight measures in early to mid pregnancy (M = 16.7 weeks, SD = 2.3), late pregnancy (M = 37.7 weeks, SD = 2.4), 6 months postpartum (M = 6.1 months, SD = 1.4), and 12 months postpartum (M = 12.6 months, SD = 0.7). Height, parity, and demographic information were also collected. Prepregnancy body mass index (BMI), total GWG, incidence of excessive GWG, as well as change in BMI and BMI category from prepregnancy to 6 and 12 months postpartum were computed. Differences between primiparous and multiparous women were compared using analysis of covariance (controlling for age, prepregnancy BMI, and GWG) and χ(2) test of independence. RESULTS: Seventy women (50.7%) were primiparous and 68 women (49.3%) were multiparous. Primiparous women were more likely to retain weight at 12 months postpartum than multiparous women (p = .021; Cohen's d = .24). This difference was not reflected when analyzing change in BMI categories from prepregnancy to the postpartum. CONCLUSIONS: Evidence for the role of parity in PPWR is inconclusive. Future research should consider the temporal development of PPWR in primiparous and multiparous women, leading to tailored care in the postpartum period to help women return to a healthy prepregnancy weight. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.whi.2015.09.012 Field of Research 111006 Midwifery Socio Economic Objective 920507 Women's Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2015, Elsevier Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30079533 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Author URL Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 13 Nov 2015, 13:37:05 EST Fri, 13 Nov 2015, 14:14:10 EST Fri, 04 Dec 2015, 05:30:40 EST Thu, 10 Dec 2015, 15:00:51 EST Tue, 15 Dec 2015, 09:59:33 EST Tue, 15 Dec 2015, 10:00:44 EST Mon, 18 Jul 2016, 15:48:41 EST Sat, 22 Apr 2017, 02:33:42 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 2 times in TR Web of Science Cited 2 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 31 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 13 Nov 2015, 13:37:05 EST

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