Psychological health and lifestyle management preconception and in pregnancy Hill, Briony, McPhie, Skye, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew, Gillman, Matthew W. and Skouteris, Helen 2016, Psychological health and lifestyle management preconception and in pregnancy, Seminars in reproductive medicine, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 121-128, doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1571352. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Psychological health and lifestyle management preconception and in pregnancy Author(s) Hill, Briony orcid.org/0000-0003-4993-3963 McPhie, Skye Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew orcid.org/0000-0003-1145-6057 Gillman, Matthew W. Skouteris, Helen Journal name Seminars in reproductive medicine Volume number 34 Issue number 2 Start page 121 End page 128 Total pages 8 Publisher Thieme Medical Publishers Place of publication New York, N.Y. Publication date 2016 ISSN 1526-8004 1526-4564 Keyword(s) preconception pregnancy psychological health behavior change Summary Healthful lifestyles before and during pregnancy are important to facilitate healthy outcomes for mother and baby. For example, behaviors such as a sedentary lifestyle and consuming an energy-dense/nutrient-poor diet increase the risk of overweight/obesity before pregnancy and excessive weight gain during pregnancy, leading to adverse maternal and child health outcomes. Maternal psychopathology may be implicated in the development of suboptimal maternal lifestyle behaviors before and during pregnancy, perhaps through impacts on motivation. This article explores this notion using maternal obesity and excessive gestational weight gain as examples of the health impacts of psychological states. We suggest that factors such as psychological well-being, individual motivation for behavior change, and broader environmental influences that affect both individual and system-wide determinants all play important roles in promoting healthy lifestyles periconception and are key modifiable aspects for intervention designers to consider when trying to improve dietary behaviors and increase physical activity before and during pregnancy. In addition, implementing system-wide changes that impact positively on individual and environmental barriers to behavior change that are sustainable, measureable, and effective is required. Language eng DOI 10.1055/s-0036-1571352 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology 1114 Paediatrics And Reproductive Medicine Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Thieme Medical Publishers Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30081350 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system 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, 12 Feb 2016, 06:27:04 EST Sat, 13 Feb 2016, 04:00:21 EST Mon, 15 Feb 2016, 08:05:30 EST Mon, 18 Jul 2016, 15:59:33 EST Wed, 24 Aug 2016, 06:10:40 EST Mon, 24 Oct 2016, 14:56:49 EST Mon, 24 Oct 2016, 14:59:55 EST Mon, 24 Oct 2016, 15:05:01 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 8 times in TR Web of Science Cited 12 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 592 Abstract Views, 53 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 12 Feb 2016, 06:27:04 EST