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 …

Pregnancy is a time of great physical and psychological change. As well as prominent
changes in the external appearance of the body, such as the baby bump, there are also …

Background Women are least satisfied with their bodies during the postpartum period. There
is a potential correlation between body dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms post …

Body dissatisfaction is often associated with negative psychological functioning, such as
depression, and maladaptive behaviors, such as unhealthy eating and extreme weight loss …

Background During pregnancy, womens bodies undergo rapid changes in body weight and
body size within a relatively short period of time. Pregnancy may therefore be associated …

Maternal depression increases risk of adverse perinatal outcomes, and recent evidence
suggests that body image may play an important role in depression. This systematic review …

Background Body image satisfaction in pregnancy may have an important influence on
maternal biopsychosocial outcomes. Purpose This study aims to examine the mediating …

The overall aim of this study was to examine the relationship between depression and body
dissatisfaction across pregnancy and the first 12 months postpartum. During pregnancy …

Background Pregnancy is a time of increasing vulnerability to the development of body
dissatisfaction, anxiety, and depression. The present study aims to examine associations of …

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 …