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Mazloomy Mahmoodabad SS, Molavi S, Nadjarzadeh A, et al. Prevention of Postpartum Weight Retention during One Year after Childbirth by Prenatal Nutrition Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Prev Med. 2021;12:117doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_37_20.
Mazloomy Mahmoodabad, S. S., Molavi, S., Nadjarzadeh, A., Mardanian, F., Riahi, R., Ardian, N., Salehi, K., & Goodarzi-Khoigani, M. (2021). Prevention of Postpartum Weight Retention during One Year after Childbirth by Prenatal Nutrition Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial. International journal of preventive medicine, 12117. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_37_20
Mazloomy Mahmoodabad, Seyed Saeed, et al. "Prevention of Postpartum Weight Retention during One Year after Childbirth by Prenatal Nutrition Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial." International journal of preventive medicine vol. 12 (2021): 117. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_37_20
Mazloomy Mahmoodabad SS, Molavi S, Nadjarzadeh A, Mardanian F, Riahi R, Ardian N, Salehi K, Goodarzi-Khoigani M. Prevention of Postpartum Weight Retention during One Year after Childbirth by Prenatal Nutrition Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Prev Med. 2021 Sep 29;12:117. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_37_20. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34760128; PMCID: PMC8551776.
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Int J Prev Med. 2021 Sep 29;12:117. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_37_20. eCollection 2021.

Prevention of Postpartum Weight Retention during One Year after Childbirth by Prenatal Nutrition Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

International journal of preventive medicine

Seyed Saeed Mazloomy Mahmoodabad, Sajedeh Molavi, Azadeh Nadjarzadeh, Farahnaz Mardanian, Roya Riahi, Nahid Ardian, Kobra Salehi, Masoomeh Goodarzi-Khoigani

Affiliations

  1. Department of Health Education and Promotion, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
  2. Msc in Counselling Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
  3. Nutrition and Food Security Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
  4. Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
  5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
  6. Ph.D, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
  7. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
  8. Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran.

PMID: 34760128 PMCID: PMC8551776 DOI: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_37_20

Abstract

BACKGROUND: It seems that 14-25% of the women retain at least 5 kg weight from 6 to 12 months after delivery and gestational weight gain is the most important reason of weight retention. Thus, we assessed the effect of prenatal nutrition education program on the retained weights at 8, 26, and 52 weeks after delivery in primiparous women.

METHODS: This randomized controlled trial was implemented among 192 primiparous pregnant women in five hospitals, fifteen community health centers, and fifteen private offices. Self-developed questionnaire was used to collect the participants' characteristics. A 72-hr dietary recall was applied to evaluate the food intakes before and after intervention. The pregnancy physical activity questionnaire determined the physical activity score. The participants' weights at 8, 26, and 52 weeks after delivery were measured by a digital beam.

RESULTS: The means of postpartum weight decreased in both groups, but nutrition education was significantly effective on reducing postpartum weight in intervention group (β = -3.112, SE =. 7384,

CONCLUSIONS: Nutrition education considering an individualized calorie-appropriate diet for each pregnant woman and based on the national guideline is effective on postpartum weight retention and reaching to pre-gravid weight.

Copyright: © 2020 International Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Keywords: Clinical trial; Iran; gestational weight gain; pregnancy; prenatal education

Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

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