ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2023
Body weight and fat trajectories of Black and White women in the first postpartum year.
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- Body composition changes in the postpartum: a systematic review on measurements and predictors.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled 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
- Associations Between 24 H Movement Behaviors and Body Weight in Postpartum Women: An Isotemporal Substitution Model Approach.Clocks & sleep · 2026Article
- Association between body fat distribution and female stress urinary incontinence: a cross-sectional study with the NHANES 2011-2018.Translational andrology and urology · 2025Article
- Sleep Characteristics During the First Year Postpartum in a Cohort of Black and White Women.Sleep epidemiology · 2024Article
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- Physical Activity Participation of Black and White Women during the First Year Postpartum: Results and Study Recruitment Strategies.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to examine changes in body weight and fat in Black and White women during the first postpartum year and to determine whether there is preferential retention of fat mass and abdominal fat.
methodsBody composition was quantified by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in Black (n = 49) and White (n = 85) women at 6 to 8 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months after delivery of a singleton infant.
resultsWeight, fat mass, percent body fat, and fat in the trunk, android, gynoid, and limb regions decreased from 6 to 8 weeks to 12 months in White women, but not in Black women (fat mass, adjusted mean [SE]: 29.6 [1.3] to 26.9 [1.3] kg in White women and 34.5 [1.5] to 36.8 [1.8] kg in Black women). In the entire sample, fat mass was higher at 6 months than at 6 to 8 weeks, independent of weight change; visceral fat was higher at 12 months (686 [45] g) than at 6 to 8 weeks (611 [42] g) and 6 months (626 [43] g); and android fat was higher at 12 months than at 6 months, independent of fat change.
conclusionsBlack women were less likely than White women to lose weight and fat in the postpartum period. There was preferential retention of fat in the abdominal area.
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