Overweight, Obesity, and Neighborhood Characteristics among Postpartum Latinas

• Main Authors: Colleen Keller (Author), Michael Todd (Author), Barbara Ainsworth (Author), Kathryn Records (Author), Sonia Vega-Lopez (Author), Paska Permana (Author), Dean Coonrod (Author), Allison Nagle Williams (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...