Weight retention within the puerperium in adolescents: a risk factor for obesity?
Weight retention within the puerperium in adolescents: a risk factor for obesity?
Objective
The present study aimed to investigate weight retention and body composition in the postpartum period between adolescent girls and older women.
Design
A prospective cohort study. Anthropometry and skinfold thickness measurements were performed at the first antenatal visit and at 6 weeks postpartum. An FFQ was administered at 6 weeks postpartum to explore the relationship between diet and postpartum weight retention.
Setting
Clinics at the University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
Subjects
Recruitment included women aged 19 years and younger (adolescent girls) and 20 years and older (older women).
Results
Three hundred and forty women were studied. Adolescent girls had significantly lower measurements compared with the older women at the first antenatal visit and at 6 weeks postpartum. Dietary intakes of energy and macronutrients were similar in both groups. Postnatal assessments showed that adolescent girls retained more weight (P = 0·003) and a greater percentage of body fat (P < 0·002) than older women. In multiple regression analyses, 0·982 kg more fat mass was retained postpartum in the adolescent group compared with the older women, while there was no significant difference in lean body mass retained between the two groups.
Conclusions
Adolescent girls retained more weight postpartum and this was predominantly fat mass as opposed to lean body mass.
adolescent girls, postpartum period, weight retention, fat mass
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Thame, Minerva M.
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Jackson, Maria D.
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Manswell, Inger P.
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Osmond, Clive
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Antoine, Matthias G.
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2010
Thame, Minerva M.
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Jackson, Maria D.
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Manswell, Inger P.
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Osmond, Clive
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Antoine, Matthias G.
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Thame, Minerva M., Jackson, Maria D., Manswell, Inger P., Osmond, Clive and Antoine, Matthias G.
(2010)
Weight retention within the puerperium in adolescents: a risk factor for obesity?
Public Health Nutrition, 13, .
(doi:10.1017/S1368980009991352).
Abstract
Objective
The present study aimed to investigate weight retention and body composition in the postpartum period between adolescent girls and older women.
Design
A prospective cohort study. Anthropometry and skinfold thickness measurements were performed at the first antenatal visit and at 6 weeks postpartum. An FFQ was administered at 6 weeks postpartum to explore the relationship between diet and postpartum weight retention.
Setting
Clinics at the University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
Subjects
Recruitment included women aged 19 years and younger (adolescent girls) and 20 years and older (older women).
Results
Three hundred and forty women were studied. Adolescent girls had significantly lower measurements compared with the older women at the first antenatal visit and at 6 weeks postpartum. Dietary intakes of energy and macronutrients were similar in both groups. Postnatal assessments showed that adolescent girls retained more weight (P = 0·003) and a greater percentage of body fat (P < 0·002) than older women. In multiple regression analyses, 0·982 kg more fat mass was retained postpartum in the adolescent group compared with the older women, while there was no significant difference in lean body mass retained between the two groups.
Conclusions
Adolescent girls retained more weight postpartum and this was predominantly fat mass as opposed to lean body mass.
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Published date: 2010
Keywords:
adolescent girls, postpartum period, weight retention, fat mass
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Local EPrints ID: 151341
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/151341
ISSN: 1368-9800
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Date deposited: 10 May 2010 13:35
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Minerva M. Thame
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Maria D. Jackson
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Inger P. Manswell
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Matthias G. Antoine
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