Breastfeeding behaviours in women with obesity; associations with weight retention and the serum metabolome: a secondary analysis of UPBEAT.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Maternal obesity is associated with a decreased intention and initiation of breastfeeding as well as a shortened duration of breastfeeding. This analysis was undertaken to identify breastfeeding behaviours, and relationships with maternal anthropometry and the serum metabolome at 6-months postpartum in an ethnically diverse cohort of women with obesity.

Subjects/methods

A cohort analysis of 715 women from the UK Pregnancies Better Eating and Activity Trial (UPBEAT); a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of an antenatal lifestyle intervention in women with obesity. Maternal data were collected in early pregnancy and included body mass index (BMI), socio-demographic characteristics and anthropometry. At 6-months postpartum, breastfeeding behaviours,

SUBMITTER: Dalrymple KV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11420090 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature