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Excessive gestational weight gain & subsequent maternal obesity at age 40: A hypothetical intervention

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  • Abrams, B.
  • Coyle, J.
  • Cohen, K.
  • Headen, I.
  • Hubbard, A.
  • Ritchie, L.
  • Rehkopf, D.H.

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Objectives. To model the hypothetical impact of preventing excessive gestational weight gain on midlife obesity and compare the estimated reduction with the US Healthy People 2020 goal of a 10% reduction of obesity prevalence in adults. Methods. We analyzed 3917 women with 1 to 3 pregnancies in the prospective US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, from 1979 to 2012. We compared the estimated obesity prevalence between 2 scenarios: gestational weight gain as reported and under the scenario of a hypothetical intervention that all women with excessive gestational weight gain instead gained as recommended by the Institute of Medicine (2009). Results. A hypothetical intervention was associated with a significantly reduced estimated prevalence of obesity for first (3.3 percentage points; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.0, 5.6) and second (3.0 percentage points; 95% CI = 0.7, 5.2) births, and twice as high in Black as in White mothers, but not significant in Hispanics. The population attributable fraction was 10.7% (95% CI = 3.3%, 18.1%) in first and 9.3% (95% CI = 2.2%, 16.5%) in second births. Conclusions. Development of effective weight-management interventions for childbearing women could lead to meaningful reductions in long-Term obesity.

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  • Abrams, B. & Coyle, J. & Cohen, K. & Headen, I. & Hubbard, A. & Ritchie, L. & Rehkopf, D.H., 2017. "Excessive gestational weight gain & subsequent maternal obesity at age 40: A hypothetical intervention," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 107(9), pages 1463-1469.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2017.303881_7
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303881
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