San Diego (April 22, 2018)-- Differences in the way women with obesity burn calories during pregnancy may be a contributor to long -
term postpartum weight retention in black moms, according to researchers in Baton Rouge, La..
For most well - nourished women, long -
term breastfeeding results in only a trivial amount of extra
weight loss by 6 months
postpartum, usually only of 1 - 2 lbs.
Unhealthy
weight gain in pregnancy has been linked with
postpartum weight retention but until now its long -
term effects had been understudied in low - income and minority populations who are at high risk for obesity.
Long -
term maternal risks include a 30 % — 70 % GDM recurrence, a 7-fold higher 5 — 10 year risk of type 2 diabetes and an increased risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease.5 — 8 Compared with women without GDM, women with GDM are twice to four times9 as likely to develop antenatal or
postpartum depression and approximately one - third of women with recent GDM develop postpartum depression.10 Postpartum depression leads to an increase in comfort eating and a decrease in physical activity, 11 thus putting the women at higher risk of weight gain and future d
postpartum depression and approximately one - third of women with recent GDM develop
postpartum depression.10 Postpartum depression leads to an increase in comfort eating and a decrease in physical activity, 11 thus putting the women at higher risk of weight gain and future d
postpartum depression.10
Postpartum depression leads to an increase in comfort eating and a decrease in physical activity, 11 thus putting the women at higher risk of weight gain and future d
Postpartum depression leads to an increase in comfort eating and a decrease in physical activity, 11 thus putting the women at higher risk of
weight gain and future diabetes.10