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The Association Between Ante- and Postnatal Depressive Symptoms and Obesity in Both Mother and Child: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Milgrom, Jeannette, Skouteris, Helen, Worotniuk, Tamara, Henwood, Adele, Bruce, Lauren·2012·Women's Health Issues
DOI 10.1016/j.whi.2011.12.001
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Aim The aim of this paper was to review the literature reporting on the relationship between ante- and postnatal maternal depressive symptoms and both maternal and childhood obesity.Method Articles were sourced from Medline, PsychInfo, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, Academic Search Premiere, and CINAHL. The search was limited to English papers published between January 2000 and June 2011 with key search terms including a combination of maternal, ante- and postnatal depression, obesity, and child. After screening, this resulted in 14 articles, 9 that addressed maternal depressive symptoms and maternal obesity and 5 that focused on maternal depressive symptoms and childhood obesity. GRADE guidelines were used to assess the quality of evidence on two outcomes: Maternal overweight/obesity (body mass index [BMI]) and childhood overweight/obesity (BMI).Results Nine studies examined the association between postnatal depressive symptoms and maternal obesity; three were cross-sectional and six were longitudinal. None of the cross-sectional studies that examined the association between postnatal depressive symptoms and maternal obesity (BMI) reported a significant positive association. In contrast, of the six studies that used a longitudinal design, three found an association between depressive symptoms and maternal BMI. Five studies were found examining ante- and postnatal depressive symptoms and childhood obesity, four longitudinal and one cross-sectional. Three found a positive association-the cross-sectional study and two longitudinal studies. The quality of the evidence for the two outcomes-maternal and childhood obesity-was low.Conclusion Research addressing perinatal maternal depressive symptoms and maternal obesity, as well as research addressing perinatal maternal depressive symptoms and childhood obesity, is limited, is of low quality as a body of evidence, and thus far findings have been inconclusive. Further longitudinal and prospective research, incorporating objective measures of BMI and validated measures of depression, is warranted.

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  • Other nonsystematic and systematic reviews have explored specific maternal risks when mothers' PPD is untreated, including more weight problems, alcohol and illicit drug use, social relationship problems, breastfeeding problems, or persistent depression compared with women who have received treatment.

    “Other nonsystematic and systematic reviews have also explored specific maternal risks when mothers’ PPD is untreated, including more weight problems,18,19 alcohol and illicit drug use,20 social relationship problems,21 breastfeeding problems,22 or persistent depression23 compared with women who have received treatment.”

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Authors
Milgrom, J., Skouteris, H., Worotniuk, T., Henwood, A., & Bruce, L.
Affiliations
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • Deakin University (AU)
ORCID
Venue
Women's Health Issues
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-05
Volume
22
Issue
3
Pages
e319-e328
ISSN
1049-3867 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.whi.2011.12.001
OpenAlex
W1970342267
Cited by
64
References
36
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FWCI
0.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Women s Health Issues (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
Keywords
maternal depression, perinatal depression, postpartum depression, antenatal depression, maternal obesity, childhood obesity, maternal body mass index, maternal overweight, maternal and child health
MeSH terms
Child, Child, Preschool, Depression, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Mothers, Obesity, Stress, Psychological, Body Mass Index, Depression, Postpartum, Postpartum Period, Peripartum Period

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