Associations between gestational weight gain and rate of infancy weight gain in Hawai'i and Puerto Rico WIC participants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Excessive gestational weight gain and rapid infancy weight gain (RIWG) are associated with increased susceptibility to childhood obesity. Since low-income and minority children are particularly at risk, investigation of the associations between gestational weight gain and rate of infancy weight gain may inform childhood obesity prevention. This study investigated the associations between gestational weight gain and rate of infancy weight gain during the first four to six months postpartum in participants from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Hawai'i and Puerto Rico.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional secondary data analysis from a text message-based intervention in WIC participants in Hawai'i and Puerto Rico. The

SUBMITTER: Gibby CLK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6276143 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature