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Disordered eating before pregnancy and unhappiness about pregnancy predict disordered eating during pregnancy
Date Issued
2009
Citation
Chan, C. Y., Lee, A. M., Lam, S. K., Tang, C. S. K., & Leung, K. Y. (2009 May 22-25). Disordered eating before pregnancy and unhappiness about pregnancy predict disordered eating during pregnancy. The 21st Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS 2009), San Francisco, CA.
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
A sample of 504 pregnant women completed self-administered questionnaires at antenatal clinics. The finding indicated that both pre-pregnant disordered eating and unhappiness about being pregnant were significant risk factors for maladaptive eating attitudes and behaviors during pregnancy.
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