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Cravings And Gestational Weight Gain : Predictors Of Weight-Related Health In Pregnancy And The Postpartum, Natalia Christine Orloff

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

More than half of all pregnancies result in excess gestational weight gain (GWG), which is one of the most common high-risk obstetric conditions and is associated with health complications in the mother and the fetus. We have conceptualized excess GWG within the Elaboration Intrusion framework and developed studies to test this theory and identify predictors of excess GWG. These studies sought to 1) establish the appropriateness of existing measures related to the constructs of the EI Theory, 2) establish a causal effect of food craving on excess GWG, 3) examine the role of knowledge as a predictor in excess GWG, …