ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2020
The risk of eating disorder relapse during pregnancy and after delivery and postpartum depression among women recovered from eating disorders.
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- A systematic review of psychosocial screening tools for identification of postpartum mental health status beyond depressive symptoms.Midwifery · 2025Pooled it
- Pregorexia: a systematic review and meta-analysis on the constructs of body image dissatisfaction and eating disturbances by gestational age in the peripartum.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence and phenotype of eating disorders in assisted reproduction: a systematic review.Reproductive health · 2022Pooled it
- The impact of maternal eating disorders on breastfeeding practices: a systematic review.Archives of women's mental health · 2021Pooled it
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- A scoping review of eating disorder symptoms and mental health during the postpartum period: predictors, course, and consequences for mothers and infants.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Eating Disorders and Subthreshold Symptoms in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: an Overview of Recent Research and Future Directions for Researchers and Clinicians.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Review
- Understanding the perspectives and needs towards midwifery care of women with an eating disorder history during pregnancy and postpartum: A qualitative study.European journal of midwifery · 2026Article
- Multimodal large language models for women's reproductive mental health.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Review
- Prenatal Body Image: Association with Disordered Eating Behaviors and Depressive Symptoms Across Pregnancy.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
- Prenatal loss of control eating is associated with psychiatric symptoms and distress among individuals with elevated BMI.Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology · 2025Article
- Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Eating Disorders: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study with Case Series.Pediatric reports · 2025Article
- A qualitative investigation of the factors influencing eating disorder symptomology during the postpartum period.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Exploring the Relationship Between Eating Disorders and Reproductive Health, with a Focus on Fertility, Obstetric, and Fetal Outcomes: A Narrative Review.Current nutrition reports · 2025Review
- Assessment of eating disorders and depression in postpartum women.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
- "It is more isolating to patients if you aren't familiar with the resources": a pilot test of a clinician sensitivity training on eating disorders in pregnancy.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Trajectories of severe eating disorders through pregnancy and early motherhood.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Disability during Early Pregnancy: Using the Sheehan Disability Scale during the First Trimester in Japan.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in the perinatal period: an underrecognized high-risk timeframe and the opportunity to intervene.Archives of women's mental health · 2022Article
- Bodies out of control: Relapse and worsening of eating disorders in pregnancy.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundStudies have shown that women of reproductive age develop eating disorders (EDs). Few studies have examined EDs in women by performing long-term follow-ups during pregnancy and after delivery. Our study aimed to identify relapse of EDs during pregnancy and after delivery as well as postpartum depression in women who had complete remission of EDs.
methodsOf the 1008 patients with EDs who visited our outpatient clinic between 1994 and 2004, 55 experienced ED remission and pregnancy. Of these, 25 (21 with BN and 4 with AN) consented to participate in this study. Finally, 24 patients were included in this study after 1 patient was excluded owing to a miscarriage. They were interviewed every 2 weeks both during pregnancy and after giving birth. We used the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) as reference scales for diagnosing the EDs and the postpartum depression, respectively. We used a two-sided unpaired test for the statistical analysis.
resultsSixteen participants (67%) experienced ED relapse during pregnancy and twelve (50%) relapsed after birth. Twelve (50%) had postpartum depression, four of whom (33%) had low-birth-weight infants. Among the participants who did not have postpartum depression, there were no low-body-weight infants. There was no significant difference (p = 0.065) in birth weight between the postpartum depression and non-depression groups.
conclusionsOur study revealed that recurrence of EDs and the occurrence of postpartum depression were higher in this population, indicating the need to closely monitor EDs both during pregnancy and after birth.
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