ReviewAdvances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)2012
Racial-ethnic differences in pregnancy-related weight.
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79 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Factors Influencing Pregnancy and Postpartum Weight Management in Women of African and Caribbean Ancestry Living in High Income Countries: Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis Using a Behavioral Change Theoretical Model.Frontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
- Efficacy of an mHealth-delivered behavioral intervention on weight loss and cardiometabolic risk in African American postpartum people with overweight or obesity: the SnapBack randomized controlled trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Trial
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- The Type of Dietary Fat in an Isocaloric Breakfast Meal Does Not Modify Postprandial Metabolism in Overweight/Obese Pregnant Women.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial in Behavioral Weight Management for Underserved Postpartum African American Women: The RENEW Study.Preventing chronic disease · 2018Trial
- Gestational Weight Gain: Results from the Delta Healthy Sprouts Comparative Impact Trial.Journal of pregnancy · 2016Trial
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- Diet, Weight Status, and Pregnancy Outcomes Among Native and Migrant Women in Jersey, Channel Islands.Nutrients · 2025Observational
- An internet-assisted sleep, dietary, and physical activity intervention to support weight-loss among postpartum people (Sleep GOALS): protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Association between body composition and weight retention from early pregnancy to 42 days postpartum: a retrospective cohort study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Ethnic Differences in Facilitators and Barriers to Lifestyle Management After Childbirth: A Multi-Methods Study Using the TDF and COM-B Model.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Cultural Determinants of Body Image: What About the Menopausal Transition?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Examining demographic and psychosocial factors related to self-weighing behavior during pregnancy and postpartum periods.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- The Association of Avoidance Coping with Gestational Weight Gain among Pregnant Black Women.Western journal of nursing research · 2023Article
- The effect of the 2009 revised U.S. guidelines for gestational weight gain on maternal and infant health: a quasi-experimental study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Ethnic Differences in Preferences for Lifestyle Intervention among Women after Childbirth: A Multi-Methods Study in Australia.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Associations of maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain with risk of offspring neurodevelopment at 2 years: A Chinese birth cohort study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- The Identity Vitality-Pathology model: A novel theoretical framework proposing "identity state" as a modulator of the pathways from structural to health inequity.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
- Addressing Obesity in Preconception, Pregnancy, and Postpartum: A Review of the Literature.Current obesity reports · 2022Review
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Abstract
This review examines published literature to answer 2 questions: 1) Are there racial-ethnic differences in excessive or inadequate gestational weight gain (GWG) and postpartum weight retention (PPWR)? and 2) Is there evidence that approaches to promote healthy weight during and after pregnancy should vary by race-ethnicity? We identified a limited number of articles that explicitly looked at racial-ethnic differences in either GWG or PPWR after controlling for relevant covariates. These studies suggest that black and Hispanic women are more likely to gain inadequately based on the Institute of Medicine's pregnancy weight gain guidelines compared to white women. Black women are more likely to retain considerable amounts of weight postpartum compared to both Hispanic and white mothers. Studies were inconclusive as to whether Hispanic women retained more or less weight postpartum, so more research is needed. Interventions to increase GWG were few and those designed to reduce GWG and PPWR showed mixed results. Future studies should address the methodological and conceptual limitations of prior research as well as investigate biological mechanisms and behavioral risk factors to determine the reasons for the racial-ethnic differences in pregnancy-related weight outcomes. Interventions would benefit from a mixed-methods approach that specifically identifies race-relevant barriers to weight management during and after pregnancy. Attention to the greater social context in which pregnancy-related weight exists is also needed.
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