A cross sectional study investigating weight management motivations, methods and perceived healthy eating and physical activity influences in women up to five …

L Vincze, ME Rollo, MJ Hutchesson, TL Burrows… - Midwifery, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective to explore motivations for weight change, weight loss methods used and factors
perceived to influence healthy eating and physical activity for weight management following …

Weight management during pregnancy: a systematic review of qualitative evidence

M Johnson, F Campbell, J Messina, L Preston… - Midwifery, 2013 - Elsevier
Background increasing overweight and obesity rates in pregnant women present health
risks to mother and unborn infant. Objectives to identify barriers and facilitators to …

Factors influencing engagement in postnatal weight management and weight and wellbeing outcomes

A Avery, S Hillier, C Pallister… - British Journal of …, 2016 - magonlinelibrary.com
Background: Many women exceed gestational weight gain recommendations. Successful
postnatal weight management decreases the risk of entering further pregnancies obese …

Postpartum behaviour as predictor of weight change from before pregnancy to one year postpartum

E Althuizen, MNM van Poppel, JH de Vries, JC Seidell… - BMC public health, 2011 - Springer
Background Postpartum weight retention affects many women and increases the risk of
becoming overweight. The research objective was to study modifiable factors contributing to …

Weight loss after pregnancy: challenges and opportunities

MC McKinley, V Allen-Walker, C McGirr… - Nutrition research …, 2018 - cambridge.org
It is important to pay attention to weight management before and between pregnancies, as
women have an increased risk of weight gain during the reproductive years. Having a baby …

Pregnancy weight gain a balancing act: The experience and perspectives of women participating in a pilot randomised controlled trial

S Fealy, D Jones, D Davis, M Hazelton, M Foureur… - Midwifery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Supporting women to achieve healthy gestational weight gain is a global health
challenge. Inadequate and excessive gestational weight gains are associated with short and …

Weight expectations, motivations for weight change and perceived factors influencing weight management in young Australian women: a cross-sectional study

TJ Holley, CE Collins, PJ Morgan, R Callister… - Public health …, 2016 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo examine young Australian women's weight expectations, motivations for weight
change and perceived factors influencing weight management, and to determine if these …

Ethnic Differences in Preferences for Lifestyle Intervention among Women after Childbirth: A Multi-Methods Study in Australia

M Chen, M Makama, H Skouteris, LJ Moran… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Postpartum weight retention contributes to maternal obesity and varies by ethnicity. Despite
the well-established benefits of lifestyle intervention on weight management, little is known …

The views of first time mothers completing an intervention to reduce postpartum weight retention: a qualitative evaluation of the mums OnLiNE study

P van der Pligt, K Ball, KD Hesketh, D Crawford… - Midwifery, 2018 - Elsevier
Background maternal postpartum weight retention (PPWR) has implications for short and
long term weight-related health of both the mother and child. Little is known about how …

Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy (HELP): a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight management intervention for pregnant women …

SA Simpson, E Coulman, D Gallagher… - International Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Objective To assess whether a weight management intervention for pregnant women with
obesity was effective in reducing body mass index (BMI) 12 months after giving birth …