Mood and quality of life changes in pregnancy and postpartum and the effect of a behavioral intervention targeting excess gestational weight gain in women with …

AD Altazan, LM Redman, JH Burton, RA Beyl… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2019 - Springer
Background Intensive lifestyle interventions in pregnancy have shown success in limiting
gestational weight gain, but the effects on mood and quality of life in pregnancy and …

Body acceptance by pregnant women and their attitudes toward pregnancy and maternity as predictors of prenatal depression

H Przybyła-Basista, E Kwiecińska, M Ilska - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Depressive symptoms during pregnancy may cause unfavorable
consequences for both the mother and the infant's physiological and psychological health …

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

E Molyneaux, L Poston, M Khondoker… - Archives of Women's …, 2016 - Springer
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 …

Maternal body mass index moderates antenatal depression effects on infant birthweight

H Petursdottir Maack, A Skalkidou, A Sjöholm… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Obesity and depression are two common medical problems that pregnant women present
with in antenatal care. Overweight and obesity at the beginning of the pregnancy, and …

The influence of psychological factors on post‐partum weight retention at 9 months

J Phillips, R King, H Skouteris - British journal of health …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Post‐partum weight retention (PWR) has been identified as a critical pathway for
long‐term overweight and obesity. In recent years, psychological factors have been …

Maternal stress, physical activity, and body mass index during new mothers' first year postpartum

MM Vernon, D Young-Hyman, SW Looney - Women & Health, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
We evaluated associations of parenting stress, including depressive symptoms, with 51 first-
time mothers' light and moderate physical activity and body mass index during the first year …

The combined effects of maternal depression and excess weight on neonatal outcomes

SD McDonald, B McKinney, G Foster, V Taylor… - International journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
Objective: Maternal overweight/obesity and depression are among the most prevalent
pregnancy complications, and although individually they are associated with poor …

Prepregnancy obesity and a biobehavioral predictive model for postpartum depression

SL Ruyak, NK Lowe, EJ Corwin, M Neu… - Journal of Obstetric …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To test a predictive model of the associations among prepregnancy body mass
index (BMI), third-trimester biological and behavioral variables, and symptoms of depression …

Examination of a multi-factorial model of body-related experiences during pregnancy: The relationships among physical symptoms, sleep quality, depression, self …

E Kamysheva, H Skouteris, EH Wertheim, SJ Paxton… - Body image, 2008 - Elsevier
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate relationships among women's body
attitudes, physical symptoms, self-esteem, depression, and sleep quality during pregnancy …

Body image in adolescent pregnancy

A Zaltzman, B Falcon, ME Harrison - Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Study Objectives To review the existing literature on body image in adolescent
pregnancy and explore concepts about the relationship between the two. Design A …