Women’s perceived social support: associations with postpartum weight retention, health behaviors and depressive symptoms

Women’s perceived social support: associations with postpartum weight retention, health behaviors and depressive symptoms

Abstract Background Social support may promote healthful behaviors that prevent excess weight at critical periods in women’s life. Our objective was to investigate associations of social support at 6 months postpartum with women’s health behaviors that have previously been shown to predict weight re...

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Main Authors: Sabrina Faleschini, Lynne Millar, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Helen Skouteris, Marie-France Hivert, Emily Oken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Women's Health
Subjects:
Health behaviors
Depression, Postpartum
Social support
Body weight changes
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12905-019-0839-6

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