Dietary treatment postpartum in women with obesity reduces weight and prevents weight gain: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women with pre-pregnancy obesity have an increased risk of retaining or gaining weight postpartum and may benefit from weight loss treatment. However, evidence is lacking for weight loss strategies in women with BMIs in the higher obesity classes. A dietary treatment for postpartum weight loss resulted in a 10% weight reduction in lactating women with a mean BMI of 30 kg/m². We aimed to examine the effects of this dietary treatment on changes in weight, markers of lipid and glucose metabolism, waist and hip circumference and postpartum weight retention (PPWR) in postpartum women with higher BMIs than tested previously.

Methods

At baseline, approximately 8 weeks postpartum, 29 women with a mean (SD) BMI = 40.0 (5.2) kg/m² were randomised to a

SUBMITTER: Ohman EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10521473 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature