ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2023
Loss of control eating during pregnancy is associated with excessive gestational weight gain among individuals with overweight and obesity.
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- 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
- Prenatal loss of control eating is associated with psychiatric symptoms and distress among individuals with elevated BMI.Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology · 2025Article
- Relationships Between Perinatal Physical Activity and Pain During Labor and Postpartum.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
- Contributions of subjective status to eating behaviors, obesity, and metabolic health across development.Appetite · 2025Review
- Influence of Maternal Alpha-Lipoic Acid Supplementation on Postpartum Body Weight and Metabolic Health in Rats with Obesity.Journal of dietary supplements · 2025Article
- Associations between prenatal loss of control eating and cardiovascular health during pregnancy.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2024Article
- Improvements in Maternal Cardiovascular Health Over the Perinatal Period Longitudinally Predict Lower Postpartum Psychological Distress Among Individuals Who Began Their Pregnancies With Overweight or Obesity.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
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- Gestational Weight Gain, Pregnancy Related Complications and the Short-Term Risks for the Offspring.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Improvements in cardiovascular health over the perinatal period predicts lower postpartum psychological distress.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- The association between preconception loss of control over eating and depressive symptom trajectories from childhood through first pregnancy.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundExcessive gestational weight gain (GWG) predicts negative health outcomes among individuals with overweight or obesity. Loss of control eating (LOC), the ingestion of food associated with being unable to control eating, is the core psychopathology of binge eating disorders. We evaluated the contribution of LOC to GWG among pregnant individuals with prepregnancy overweight/obesity.
methodsIn a prospective longitudinal study, individuals with prepregnancy BMI ≥ 25 (N = 257) were interviewed monthly to assess LOC and reported demographic, parity, and smoking information. GWG was abstracted from medical records.
resultsAmong individuals with prepregnancy overweight/obesity, 39% endorsed LOC prior to or during pregnancy. After adjusting for factors that have previously been linked to GWG, LOC during pregnancy, uniquely predicted higher GWG and greater likelihood of exceeding GWG recommendations. Participants with prenatal LOC gained 3.14 kg (p = 0.03) more than did those without LOC during pregnancy and 78.7% (n = 48/61) exceeded IOM guidelines for GWG. The frequency of LOC episodes was also associated with greater weight gain.
conclusionsPrenatal LOC is common among pregnant individuals with overweight/obesity and predicts greater GWG and increased likelihood of exceeding IOM GWG guidelines. LOC may represent a modifiable behavioral mechanism to prevent excessive GWG among individuals at risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes.
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