OBJECTIVE: To examine pregnant women's weight-related attitudes and behaviors in
relation to a constellation of psychosocial characteristics, prepregnancy body habitus, and …

The relationship between past body size and current body dissatisfaction among 933 middle-
aged women from a prospective birth cohort study was examined. Women provided self …

A imagem corporal de gestantes deve ser alvo de atenção por parte dos profissionais, tendo
em vista a promoção da saúde materna infantil. O objetivo da presente revisão integrativa …

Background During pregnancy women experience rapid and unique changes in body
weight, shape and size over a relatively short time period. While research focused on the …

Objective To test if the evaluation of body dissatisfaction by images could be an interesting
tool to detect perinatal depression early in pregnancy, questioning patients about their body …

Family factors and the media have been established as determinants of body satisfaction,
yet little research has looked at the contribution of spousal influence in body dissatisfaction …

This study examined the relationship between self-esteem, restrained eating, body image
and body mass index during pregnancy. A total of 110 pregnant Israeli and UK women …

This study was designed to examine the role women's husbands may play in determining
their body satisfaction. One hundred and seventy-two (172; mean age= 37.53 years) …

Objectives: The association between extremes of body mass index (BMI) and depression in
women has been documented, yet little is known about the relationship between obesity and …

Literature reporting body image disturbances across the perinatal period has produced
inconsistent findings, owing to the complexity of body image experiences during pregnancy …