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ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2025

Gestational weight gain, cardiometabolic health, and long-term weight retention at 17 years post delivery.

Marcela R Abrego, Andrew G Rundle, Saralyn F Foster, Daniel A Powers, Lori A Hoepner, Eliza W Kinsey, Frederica P Perera, Elizabeth M Widen

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Article in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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  2. Weight management in women of reproductive age.Obesity and endocrinology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Marcela R AbregoDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1437-8615
Andrew G RundleDepartment of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Saralyn F FosterDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Daniel A PowersDepartment of Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Lori A HoepnerDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, The State University of New York, New York, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4404-8140
Eliza W KinseyDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Frederica P PereraDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Elizabeth M WidenDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9574-6109

Funding

ZOLEDRONIC ACID IN PROSTATE CANCERM01RR000645 · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · 1985 to 2005
$23.6M
RESEARCH PROJECT ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENTP01ES009600 · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · 1999 to 2005
$4.6M
OBESITY RESEARCH CENTER TRAINING PROGRAMT32DK007559 · ST. LUKE'S-ROOSEVELT INST FOR HLTH SCIS · 1989 to 2025
$1.7M
EPA R836154C002Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research RR00645National Institute of Child Health and Human Development P2CHD042849National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; US Environmental Protection Agency P01ES09600/R82702701National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; US Environmental Protection Agency P01ES09600/RD832141National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; US Environmental Protection Agency P01ES09600/RD834509National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; US Environmental Protection Agency P50ES009600NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000645NICHD NIH HHS R00 HD086304NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007559NIDDK NIH HHS T32DK007559NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK091227NIDDK NIH HHS T32DK091227NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES009600NIEHS NIH HHS P50 ES009600NIH HHS UG3 OD023290NIH Office of the Director UG3OD023290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveHigh gestational weight gain (GWG) is positively associated with acute postpartum adiposity, long-term postpartum weight retention (LPPWR), and later cardiometabolic health, but whether associations persist into midlife remains unknown.

methodsAmong Black and Dominican women from a prospective cohort (N = 210), GWG adherence to 2009 Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines and restricted cubic spline GWG z scores were calculated. At 17 years post delivery, weight, height, waist circumference (WC), systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fat mass (FM), and fat-free mass were measured. Linear and logistic regression estimated associations between GWG and long-term postpartum outcomes, adjusting for covariates.

resultsOver one-half (60%) of participants had GWG above IOM guidelines. At 17 years, mean (SD) BMI was 31.2 (6.7) kg/m

conclusionsAs women age into midlife, high GWG continues to be associated with higher adiposity, as well as weight gain more than 6 kg above prepregnancy weight, compared with those who gain within or below IOM guidelines.

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Gestational Weight GainPostpartum PeriodWeight GainAdiposityAdultBlack or African AmericanBlood PressureBody Mass IndexCardiometabolic Risk FactorsCaribbean PeopleFemaleHumansPregnancyProspective StudiesWaist Circumference

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PMID40325924
PMCPMC12119216

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