Close Relationships as Sources of Pregnancy-Related Weight Stigma for Expecting and New Mothers.
Background: Experiencing weight stigma during pregnancy is detrimental to psychosocial health outcomes, including increasing maternal stress and undermining engagement in health behaviors. Guided by a recent socioecological framework, close interpersonal relationships are integral in pregnancy to fa...
| Published in: | International Journal of Behavioral Medicine Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 297 - 304 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2023
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