The effect of lifestyle intervention and depression symptoms on binge eating and relation of binge eating to gestational weight gain and child birth weight in the UPBEAT cohort of pregnant women living with obesity.

ABSTRACT: Binge eating is one of the most prevalent eating disorder behaviours in pregnancy, its risk factors and association with pregnancy-related outcomes has sparsely researched in this population. This study aimed to investigate: (hypothesis 1) the effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention in reducing binge eating; (hypothesis 2) the association between depressive symptoms and binge eating behaviours throughout the perinatal period; and (hypothesis 3) the association between binge eating, gestational weight gain and birthweight in a cohort of pregnant women with obesity. This is a planned secondary analysis of the UK Pregnancies Better Eating and Activity Trial (UPBEAT) randomized controlled trial. Exposures were trial arms (hypothesis 1); depressive symptoms (hypothesis 2); and number of weekl

SUBMITTER: Burton S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12445464 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature