Compliance With Regulations on Weight Gain 6 Months After Delivery in Active Duty Military Women

作者：Chauhan Suneet P^*; Johnson Traci L; Magann Everett F; Woods Janine Y; Chen Han Yang; Sheldon Ingrid V; Morrison John C

来源：Military Medicine, 2013, 178(4): 406-411.

DOI：10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00394

Objective: To determine factors associated with active duty military women being within Navy weight standards 6 months following childbirth. Methods: Inclusion criteria for this study were active duty women who delivered a nonanomalous fetus at a Naval Hospital and who remained in the area and their weight was recorded 6 months following childbirth. Multivariate logistic regressions, adjusted for 14 covariates, determined the factors for achieving acceptable weight. Results: Among 1,009 women who participated in this prospective cohort study, 68% began within Navy body weight standards and 52% had a normal body mass index (BMI) (%26lt;25). Six months after childbirth, 48% were within Navy body weight standards and 32% had a BMI %26lt;25. Only 2 factors, BMI at first visit and cesarean delivery significantly influenced the percentage of women who met the weight standards at 6 months. Conclusions: Lowering the prepregnancy BMI and avoiding a cesarean delivery may improve the percentage of active duty Women who meet weight standards 6 months after childbirth.

• 出版日期2013-4