Diet Quality, Sedentary Time, and Blood Pressure in the POUCHmoms Study.

Background: Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease in womens; diet and sedentary time (ST) are modifiable lifestyle factors thought to influence BP.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine 2 diet-quality measures and ST in relation to BP among parous womens.

Methods: This cross-sectional analysis uses data from 677 womens (age 25-55 y) enrolled in the Pregnancy Outcomes and Community Health (POUCH) Study and followed up in the POUCHmoms study 7-15 y after delivery (2011 and 2014).

Maternal Serum Antioxidants in Mid Pregnancy and Risk of Preterm Delivery and Small for Gestational Age Birth: Results from a Prospective Pregnancy Cohort.

Preterm delivery (PTD) and poor fetal growth are major contributors to neonatal mortality and morbidity that can extend from birth onward. Although overt maternal nutrient deficiencies are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, such deficiencies are rare in developed countries. However, some evidence suggests that even within the normal range, higher levels of antioxidant nutrients are protective against adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Maternal risk of hypertension 7-15 years after pregnancy: clues from the placenta.

Objective: To assess whether pre-eclampsia (PE)-related placental/extraplacental membrane findings are linked to moderately elevated blood pressure (BP) in pregnancy and later-life hypertension.

Design: Prospective cohort.

Setting: 52 prenatal clinics, 5 Michigan communities.

Overcoming barriers to self-management: The person-centred diabetes foot behavioural agreement.

Objective: Behavioural agreements have been proposed as a clinical strategy for improving concordance with diabetes foot self-management practices, both for individuals 'At-risk' of, and with active, diabetes foot disease. This narrative review sought to explore the potential supportive role of person-centred diabetes foot behavioural agreements in promoting protective foot self-management behaviours among 'At-risk' individuals.

Conclusions: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) involved in diabetes foot risk stratification and management dedicate considerable time, effort and resources to the prevention of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) and lower extremity amputation (LEA) and are uniquely placed to deliver person-centred diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) interventions.

Breastfeeding Greater Than 6 Months Is Associated with Smaller Maternal Waist Circumference Up to One Decade After Delivery.

Background: Abdominal obesity is an important indicator of cardiometabolic dysfunction in later life. Prior studies have observed an inverse association between breastfeeding and maternal waist circumference (WC) in the years after pregnancy, but this may be due to bias resulting from systematic differences in women who do and do not breastfeed.

Materials And Methods: A total of 678 women enrolled in the Pregnancy Outcomes and Community Health (POUCH) cohort also participated in the POUCHmoms Study 7-15 years after delivery.