Overweight, Obesity, and Neighborhood Characteristics among Postpartum Latinas
Joint Authors
Vega-Lopez, Sonia
Todd, Michael
Keller, Colleen
Nagle Williams, Allison
Permana, Paska
Records, Kathryn
Coonrod, Dean V.
Ainsworth, Barbara
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-02-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Weight gain during the childbearing years and failure to lose pregnancy weight after birth contribute to the development of obesity in Latinas.
Design and Methods.
Madres para la Salud (Mothers for Health) is a 12-month prospective, randomized controlled trial exploring a social support intervention with moderate-intensity physical activity to effect changes in body fat, systemic and fat tissue inflammation, and depression symptoms in sedentary postpartum Latinas.
This paper describes the initial body composition of the sample, social support, and neighborhood contextual correlations of overweight and obese Latina mothers within the first 6 months after birth.
Results.
The mean body mass index was 29.68 with 38.56% bioelectrical impedence analysis for body fat.
Elements of the environment (e.g., opportunities to walk) received middle or high scores.
Access to healthy food was positively related to favorability of the walking environment.
Waist-to-hip ratio was uncorrelated with other obesity-related indices.
Conclusions.
The body adiposity of these Latina mothers was coupled with low levels of social support from family and friends and neighborhood characteristics that were unfavorable to walking.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Keller, Colleen& Todd, Michael& Ainsworth, Barbara& Records, Kathryn& Vega-Lopez, Sonia& Permana, Paska…[et al.]. 2013. Overweight, Obesity, and Neighborhood Characteristics among Postpartum Latinas. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-507859
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Keller, Colleen…[et al.]. Overweight, Obesity, and Neighborhood Characteristics among Postpartum Latinas. Journal of Obesity No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-507859
American Medical Association (AMA)
Keller, Colleen& Todd, Michael& Ainsworth, Barbara& Records, Kathryn& Vega-Lopez, Sonia& Permana, Paska…[et al.]. Overweight, Obesity, and Neighborhood Characteristics among Postpartum Latinas. Journal of Obesity. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-507859
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-507859