Keller Colleen, Todd Michael, Ainsworth Barbara, Records Kathryn, Vega-Lopez Sonia, Permana Paska, Coonrod Dean, Nagle Williams Allison
College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
J Obes. 2013;2013:916468. doi: 10.1155/2013/916468. Epub 2013 Feb 6.
Weight gain during the childbearing years and failure to lose pregnancy weight after birth contribute to the development of obesity in Latinas.
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.
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.
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.
育龄期体重增加以及产后未能减掉孕期增加的体重会导致拉丁裔女性肥胖。
“健康母亲”（Madres para la Salud）是一项为期12个月的前瞻性随机对照试验，探索一种社会支持干预措施，并结合中等强度的体育活动，以改变久坐不动的产后拉丁裔女性的体脂、全身及脂肪组织炎症和抑郁症状。本文描述了样本的初始身体组成、社会支持，以及产后头6个月内超重和肥胖拉丁裔母亲与邻里环境的相关性。
平均体重指数为29.68，通过生物电阻抗分析得出体脂率为38.56%。环境因素（如步行机会）得分中等或较高。获得健康食品与步行环境的适宜性呈正相关。腰臀比与其他肥胖相关指标无关。
这些拉丁裔母亲的身体肥胖与来自家人和朋友的低水平社会支持以及不利于步行的邻里特征有关。
