Psychosocial risk factors for excessive gestational weight gain: A systematic review

Obesity and anxiety during pregnancy and postpartum: A systematic review

“…Although it has been recognized that psychosocial factors play an important role in the epidemiology of GWG and PPWR (Hartley et al, 2015;Hill et al, 2013;Kapadia et al, 2015;Phillips et al, 2012), we identified only two studies with a focus on the association of excessive GWG and anxiety Webb et al, 2009), and only three with a focus on the association between PPWR and anxiety (Bogaerts et al, 2013c;Phillips et al, 2014bPhillips et al, , 2014b. While excessive GWG and PPWR were not related to anxiety in studies from the general pregnant population, one study provides support for an association of anxiety and PPWR among obese pregnant women (Bogaerts et al, 2013c).…”

Consequences and Possible Predictors of Health-damaging Behaviors and Mental Health Problems in Pregnancy – A Review

“…l " Table 2). A much greater importance is attached to modifiable psychosocial and health-related factors [39,40]. For example, studies have shown a correlation between excessive weight gain in pregnancy and dissatisfaction with body image prior to becoming pregnant (e.g.…”

“…a preference for being thin) or an inadequate perception of oneʼs own bodyweight. There are also indications that women with excessive weight gain in pregnancy often also show symptoms of depression, which may be based on an association between dissatisfaction with their own body image and excessive weight gain in pregnancy [39]. Overweight and obese women were also more likely to have symptoms of depression during pregnancy and after the birth compared to normal-weight women [41].…”

“…After the birth women with a prior history of experiencing violence during pregnancy may have difficulty in establishing a close relationship with their infant which can increase the potential risk of child neglect and abuse by the mother [141], particularly if additional psychosocial risk factors are also present [142]. The previous sections have demonstrated that women who continued to smoke during pregnancy, who had an unhealthy or unbalanced diet, or who gained an excessive amount of weight, usually also had symptoms of depression and/or anxiety [38,39,41]. But it is still unclear whether mental health problems and stress affect the health behavior or pregnant women or whether health-damaging behaviors lead to depression or anxiety [45].…”

Intervenciones psicoeducativas para reducir factores psicosociales y controlar el peso en mujeres embarazadas

“…Revisiones sistemáticas realizadas previamente, indican que factores psicosociales como: ansiedad, depresión, estrés, actitud negativa hacia la imagen corporal, autoestima y apoyo social, tienen relación directa con la GPG excesiva 10,11 …”