@article{Jenabi_Nazari_Shobeiri_2016, title={EFFECTIVE FACTORS IN POSTPARTUM WEIGHT LOSS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY}, volume={30}, url={https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/1943}, abstractNote={Objective: To determine the effective factors in postpartum weight loss.<br />Methodology: We prepared a cross-sectional study in one of educational<br />hospitals (Fatemieh’s Hospital) in Hamadan city in the west of Iran. Two hundred<br />women were included in this study. Weight and body mass index was<br />measured in pre-pregnancy state and again at 6 months postpartum. Effective<br />factors in postpartum weight loss were assessed. The questionnaire included<br />age, education, employment, parity, doing exercise, type of delivery, newborn<br />weight and BMI at 6 months after delivery.<br />Results: Mean age of study participants was 23.3±5.21 years and mean parity<br />was 1.62±0.7. The overall average BMI was 24.2±3.3 before pregnancy and<br />25.5±3.4 six months after delivery. Pregnant women had an increase in weight<br />of 12.1±3.5 kg and mean weight loss was 6.2 ± 2.9 kg at six months postpartum.<br />Multiple regression analysis revealed that age was having p value 0.001, parity<br />(p value 0.005), height (p value 0.01), gestational weight gain (p value 0.001),<br />pre pregnancy BMI (p value 0.001), type of delivery (p value 0.03) and exercise<br />(p value 0.04).<br />Conclusion: Parameters such as age, parity, exercise, type of delivery, height<br />and gestational weigh gain were significantly associated with postpartum<br />weight loss.}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute}, author={Jenabi, Ensiyeh and Nazari, Mansour and Shobeiri, Fatemeh}, year={2016}, month={Nov.} }