Do low-income women attain their pre-pregnant weight by the 6th week of postpartum?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-126

  Walker, Lorraine O ^a   Timmerman, Gayle M ^a   Sterling, Bobbie Sue ^a   Kim, Minseong ^a   Dickson, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Hispanic; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PUERPERIUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEDICAID; PARITY; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 1342288061     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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