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ArticleAppetite2026

Depressive symptoms mediate the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and dietary quality on weekends but not weekdays among pregnant individuals with pre-pregnancy BMI≥25.

Shannon D Donofry, Sydney T Damon, Riley J Jouppi, Jessica A Davis, Rachel P Kolko Conlon, Christine C Call, Michele D Levine

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Shannon D DonofryRAND, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: sdonofry@rand.org.
Sydney T DamonDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Riley J JouppiDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Jessica A DavisHealthy Start, Inc, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Rachel P Kolko ConlonDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Christine C CallDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Michele D LevineDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Funding

CARDIOVASCULAR BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE RESEARCH TRAININGT32HL007560 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Peter J Gianaros, REBECCA C THURSTON · 1985 to 2026
$11.3M
Optimizing health from pregnancy through one year postpartum: A sequential multiple assignment randomized trial (SMART) of perinatal lifestyle interventionR01HL132578 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LEVINE, MICHELE D · 2016 to 2021
$4.0M
Identifying mechanisms of maternal-infant obesity risk transmission: The role of appetite, sleep, and circadian rhythmsR01HL166171 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Rachel P. Kolko Conlon · 2023 to 2026
$2.9M
Longitudinal and Momentary Associations Underlying the Relation of Food Insecurity and Gestational Weight Gain: Toward Obesity Risk PreventionK23DK136927 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Christine Call · 2024 to 2026
$645k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL132578NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL166171NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007560NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK136927
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Abstract

backgroundPoor dietary quality and weekday-weekend differences in eating patterns during pregnancy link to adverse outcomes. Mindfulness, a practice of non-judgmental awareness of present experience, associates with higher dietary quality, potentially through reduced depressive symptoms. This study examined whether dispositional mindfulness relates to dietary quality in pregnant individuals with pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI)≥25, and whether depressive symptoms mediate this relationship.

methodsParticipants (N = 308; M

resultsHEI scores were higher on weekdays than weekends (t(307) = 2.48, p = .01; M

conclusionsFindings suggest dispositional mindfulness relates to weekend dietary quality among pregnant individuals with pre-pregnancy BMI≥25 and may help maintain dietary patterns through lowered depressive symptoms.

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Body Mass IndexDepressionDietDiet, HealthyFeeding BehaviorMindfulnessAdultFemaleHumansPregnancyYoung AdultDepressionDietary qualityMindfulnessPregnancy

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PMID41861918
PMCPMC13101616

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