Women who are overweight or obese have increased health risks during and beyond
pregnancy, with consequences for their infants' shorter and longer term health. Exclusive …

As the growing weight stigma literature has developed, one critically relevant and vulnerable
population has received little consideration—pregnant and postpartum women. Because …

In the extended UNICEF framework of early childhood nutrition, parents' stress is associated
with parental feeding style. However, no comprehensive review has examined the …

The goal of this study was to examine breastfeeding behavior and attitudes as predictors of
women's body image and weight control behavior. This study extends past research by …

Background Public health efforts to promote breastfeeding have resulted in many women
expecting to exclusively breastfeed their infants. Women who plan to exclusively breastfeed …

Breastfeeding has many known benefits, but rates vary globally. We propose two main
reasons why psychological theory and interventions have not been successful to date in …

Purpose Pregorexia is a phenomenon posited to occur in the peripartum, characterized by
an attempt to counter pregnancy's physiological changes in body shape through reduced …

Breastfeeding can play a key role in the reduction of obesity, but initiation and maintenance
rates in women with a body mass index (BMI) of≥ 30 kg m− 2 are low. Psychological factors …

A systematic review was conducted to examine female body image in relation to the
intention, initiation and duration of post-partum infant feeding methods. A search of 10 …

Weight stigmatization is related to emotional and psychological distress including low self-
esteem, body image dissatisfaction, depression, and anxiety; all linked with suboptimal …