Obesity, antenatal depression, diet and gestational weight gain in a population cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aims of this paper are to examine: (1) the relationship between high pre-pregnancy BMI and antenatal depression; (2) whether BMI and antenatal depression interact to predict diet and gestational weight gain (GWG).

Methods

Data came from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Underweight women were excluded. Pre-pregnancy BMI was self-reported and antenatal depression was assessed using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale at 18 and 32 weeks' gestation to identify persistently elevated depressive symptoms (EPDS>12). Dietary patterns were calculated from food frequency questionnaires at 32 weeks' gestation. GWG was categorised using the USA Institute of Medicine guidelines.

Results

This study included 13,314 pregnant women. Obese w

SUBMITTER: Molyneaux E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5021737 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature