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Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Weight Retention after Birth
AIM: Our study aims to determine the weight gain of pregnant women and their body weight one year after delivery. We compared these changes in body weight with education and place of residence (urban/rural). METHODS: Secundigravidae women (N = 113) filled out the structured checklist regarding anthr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6420944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30894923 http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.141 |
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author | Djaković, Ivka Soljačić-Vraneš, Hrvojka Kuna, Krunoslav |
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description | AIM: Our study aims to determine the weight gain of pregnant women and their body weight one year after delivery. We compared these changes in body weight with education and place of residence (urban/rural). METHODS: Secundigravidae women (N = 113) filled out the structured checklist regarding anthropological characteristics, such as body weight (the current and before and after the first pregnancy). Some sociodemographic characteristics were also obtained. RESULTS: Average weight gain in pregnancy was 16.9 kg (Sd 6.1, median 16 kg; range 6-40 kg). Women with high school education only gained 2 kg more than women with college/university degree (F (1, 108) 4.11, p ≤ 0.05). There was no significant difference in weight gain when the place of residence was compared (F (1, 111) 2.86, p ≥ 0.05). The average weight difference one year after delivery was 3.3 kg (Sd 4.3, median 2 kg; spread -5 to 20 kg). There was no significant difference in weight difference one year after delivery in different educational groups. Women from rural area retained 2.5 kg more than women in an urban area (F (1, 109) 7.50, p ≤ 0.01). CONCLUSION: Our research has shown that women with higher education level gain less weight than women with lower degrees. They had more possibility to get access to information about health risks. The overall impression is that women do care about weight gain in pregnancy and actively work on getting back to desirable weight after delivery. This is even more important if we know that body weight before pregnancy, weight gain in pregnancy, pregnancy overweight and pregnancy obesity impact later life of mother and child. Therefore, the need for weight control in pregnancy and between pregnancies should be properly addressed. |
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spelling | pubmed-64209442019-03-20 Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Weight Retention after Birth Djaković, Ivka Soljačić-Vraneš, Hrvojka Kuna, Krunoslav Open Access Maced J Med Sci Brief Communication AIM: Our study aims to determine the weight gain of pregnant women and their body weight one year after delivery. We compared these changes in body weight with education and place of residence (urban/rural). METHODS: Secundigravidae women (N = 113) filled out the structured checklist regarding anthropological characteristics, such as body weight (the current and before and after the first pregnancy). Some sociodemographic characteristics were also obtained. RESULTS: Average weight gain in pregnancy was 16.9 kg (Sd 6.1, median 16 kg; range 6-40 kg). Women with high school education only gained 2 kg more than women with college/university degree (F (1, 108) 4.11, p ≤ 0.05). There was no significant difference in weight gain when the place of residence was compared (F (1, 111) 2.86, p ≥ 0.05). The average weight difference one year after delivery was 3.3 kg (Sd 4.3, median 2 kg; spread -5 to 20 kg). There was no significant difference in weight difference one year after delivery in different educational groups. Women from rural area retained 2.5 kg more than women in an urban area (F (1, 109) 7.50, p ≤ 0.01). CONCLUSION: Our research has shown that women with higher education level gain less weight than women with lower degrees. They had more possibility to get access to information about health risks. The overall impression is that women do care about weight gain in pregnancy and actively work on getting back to desirable weight after delivery. This is even more important if we know that body weight before pregnancy, weight gain in pregnancy, pregnancy overweight and pregnancy obesity impact later life of mother and child. Therefore, the need for weight control in pregnancy and between pregnancies should be properly addressed. Republic of Macedonia 2019-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6420944/ /pubmed/30894923 http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.141 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Ivka Djaković, Hrvojka Soljačić-Vraneš, Krunoslav Kuna. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/CC BY-NC/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). |
spellingShingle | Brief Communication Djaković, Ivka Soljačić-Vraneš, Hrvojka Kuna, Krunoslav Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Weight Retention after Birth |
title | Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Weight Retention after Birth |
title_full | Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Weight Retention after Birth |
title_fullStr | Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Weight Retention after Birth |
title_full_unstemmed | Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Weight Retention after Birth |
title_short | Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Weight Retention after Birth |
title_sort | weight gain in pregnancy and weight retention after birth |
topic | Brief Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6420944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30894923 http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.141 |
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