ArticlePreventing chronic disease2019
Association Between Changes in Postpartum Weight and Waist Circumference and Changes in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among Women With Recent Gestational Diabetes.
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- Technology-Based Interventions for Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Following Gestational Diabetes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- The STAR-MAMA RCT: Bilingual Mobile Health Coaching for Postpartum Weight Loss.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Trial
- Postpartum GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT-2 therapies in women with prior gestational diabetes: current evidence and uncertainties.BMC medicine · 2026Review
- Clinical guidelines for women with a history of gestational diabetes and their offspring.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of the Internet of Things for Improving Pregnancy and Postpartum Women's Health in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Digital Health Interventions for the Optimization of Postpartum Cardiovascular Health: A Systematic Scoping Review.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2025Article
- Impact of postpartum weight change on metabolic syndrome and its components among women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus.Reproductive health · 2024Article
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- Maternal weight trajectories and associations with infant growth in South African women.BMC public health · 2023Article
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- Effects of Age, Metabolic and Socioeconomic Factors on Cardiovascular Risk among Saudi Women: A Subgroup Analysis from the Heart Health Promotion Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and its association with environmental footprints among women of childbearing age in the United Arab Emirates.European journal of nutrition · 2022Article
- Postpartum dietary, sleep, and physical activity behaviors: A qualitative study to inform efforts to address postpartum weight retention.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
introductionWomen with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have a 30% to 70% risk for developing type 2 diabetes and are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Little is known about how anthropometric changes in the first postpartum year modify cardiometabolic risk factors.
methodsWe randomly assigned women in the Balance After Baby study to an intervention group consisting of participation in a web-based lifestyle program or to a control group in which no program was offered. We measured weight, height, waist circumference, blood pressure, lipids, insulin, adiponectin, interleukin-6, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and we conducted 2-hour oral glucose tolerance tests at 6 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months postpartum. We evaluated whether women assigned to the intervention had improved cardiometabolic risk markers compared with the control group. We then conducted a post-hoc analysis, pooling the 2 groups to compare changes in weight and waist circumference with changes in cardiometabolic risk factors.
resultsWomen in the intervention group did not significantly improve cardiometabolic risk markers compared with women in the control group. We noted a large overlap of weight change and change in waist circumference between groups. In our post-hoc analysis pooling groups, changes in diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors were significantly correlated with changes in weight and waist circumference. The strongest associations were observed for fasting insulin, HOMA, and fasting glucose.
conclusionAnthropometric changes in weight and waist circumference in women with recent GDM may affect cardiometabolic risk factors, even in the first postpartum year. Our study demonstrates the importance of the postpartum year as an opportunity to decrease future risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease in women with a history of GDM.
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