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Compliance With Regulations on Weight Gain 6 Months After Delivery in Active Duty Military Women.
- Source :
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Military Medicine . Apr2013, Vol. 178 Issue 4, p406-411. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Objective: To determine factors associated with active duty military women being within Navy weight standards 6 months following childbirth. Methods: Inclusion criteria for this study were active duty women who delivered a nonanomalous fetus at a Naval Hospital and who remained in the area and their weight was recorded 6 months following childbirth. Multivariate logistic regressions, adjusted for 14 covariates, determined the factors for achieving acceptable weight. Results: Among 1,009 women who participated in this prospective cohort study, 68% began within Navy body weight standards and 52% had a normal body mass index (BMI) (<25). Six months after childbirth, 48% were within Navy body weight standards and 32% had a BMI <25. Only 2 factors, BMI at first visit and cesarean delivery, significantly influenced the percentage of women who met the weight standards at 6 months. Conclusions: Lowering the prepregnancy BMI and avoiding a cesarean delivery may improve the percentage of active duty women who meet weight standards 6 months after childbirth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00264075
- Volume :
- 178
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Military Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 86960734
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00394