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Table 3.1.2. Description of postpartum lifestyle interventions and their effect on weight loss
First Author, Year, Country Diet
De Castro, 2009, Brazil160
Study Design
Prospective cohort
Groups and Sample Sizes (n)
High-protein (HP) diet n=261 Low-protein (LP) diet n=160
I: Regular supervised exercise, n=18
C: Exercise restricted to once a week, n=15
I: Diet and physical activity, n=53
C: Usual care, n=39
Participants
Pp women, recruited 1-3d after delivery Mean age (SD):
HP: 25.5 (6.0)
LP: 26.7 (5.9)
Exclusively breastfeeding women, recruited 6- 8weeks pp
Mean age:
I: 31.1
C: 29.7
Primiparas, recruited through public child health clinics at 3 mo pp
Mean age (SD): I: 29.5 (3.9)
C: 28.3 (4.4)
Follow-Up
At 2, 6 and 9 mo pp
Exercise
Lovelady, 1995, USA156 and Dewey, 1994, USA152
Diet and Exercise
Kinnunen, 2007, Finland153
RCT
At 12-14 wk pp and at 18-20 wk pp
10 mo pp
RCT