{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Liu J"],"funding":["NICHD NIH HHS","National Institute of Child Health and Human Development"],"pagination":["1370-1379"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9307422"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["30(7)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>The effectiveness of a pregnancy and postpartum behavioral lifestyle intervention on postpartum weight retention was examined.<h4>Methods</h4>Pregnant women with overweight and obesity in South Carolina were recruited into a theory-based randomized controlled trial (n = 112 intervention, n = 107 standard care), which was designed to reduce gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention.<h4>Results</h4>Participants (44% African American, 56% White) had a mean prepregnancy BMI of 32.3 kg/m<sup>2</sup> and were at 12.6 weeks' gestation at baseline. From prepregnancy to 6 months post partum, intervention participants retained less weight than standard care women (mean difference: -3.6 kg, 95% CI: -5.5 to -1.8). The intervention effect was maintained at 12 months post partum (mean difference: -2.4 kg, 95% CI: -4.3 to -0.5). Intervention women had 2.3 times higher odds of having no weight retention at 6 months post partum versus standard care women (95% CI: 1.2 to 4.4). Intervention participants also had lower odds of retaining ≥5% of their prepregnancy weight after delivery (adjusted odds ratio: 0.3, 95% CI: 0.1 to 0.5 at 6 months; adjusted odds ratio: 0.3, 95% CI: 0.2 to 0.6 at 12 months).<h4>Conclusion</h4>This theory-based lifestyle intervention resulted in significantly less weight retention at 6 and 12 months after delivery among pregnant women with overweight and obesity."],"journal":["Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)"],"pubmed_title":["Effects of a lifestyle intervention on postpartum weight retention among women with elevated weight."],"pmcid":["PMC9307422"],"funding_grant_id":["R01 HD078407","R01HD078407"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu J","Wilcox S","Hutto B","Wingard E","Turner-McGrievy G"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Effects of a lifestyle intervention on postpartum weight retention among women with elevated weight.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>The effectiveness of a pregnancy and postpartum behavioral lifestyle intervention on postpartum weight retention was examined.<h4>Methods</h4>Pregnant women with overweight and obesity in South Carolina were recruited into a theory-based randomized controlled trial (n = 112 intervention, n = 107 standard care), which was designed to reduce gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention.<h4>Results</h4>Participants (44% African American, 56% White) had a mean prepregnancy BMI of 32.3 kg/m<sup>2</sup> and were at 12.6 weeks' gestation at baseline. From prepregnancy to 6 months post partum, intervention participants retained less weight than standard care women (mean difference: -3.6 kg, 95% CI: -5.5 to -1.8). The intervention effect was maintained at 12 months post partum (mean difference: -2.4 kg, 95% CI: -4.3 to -0.5). Intervention women had 2.3 times higher odds of having no weight retention at 6 months post partum versus standard care women (95% CI: 1.2 to 4.4). Intervention participants also had lower odds of retaining ≥5% of their prepregnancy weight after delivery (adjusted odds ratio: 0.3, 95% CI: 0.1 to 0.5 at 6 months; adjusted odds ratio: 0.3, 95% CI: 0.2 to 0.6 at 12 months).<h4>Conclusion</h4>This theory-based lifestyle intervention resulted in significantly less weight retention at 6 and 12 months after delivery among pregnant women with overweight and obesity.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jul","modification":"2026-05-09T23:42:42.358Z","creation":"2025-04-04T22:12:55.465Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9307422","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35722816"],"doi":["10.1002/oby.23449"]}}