title: Dietary restraint and weight gain during pregnancy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore dietary intake and weight gain during pregnancy in relation to dietary restraint.
  
  
  METHODS
  Longitudinal prospective study. Attitudes to weight gain during pregnancy were assessed using self-administered questionnaires and dietary intake by 7-d weighed diet records in early and late pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  South West London 1995-1996.
  
  
  METHODS
  74 Caucasian pregnant women expecting their first or second baby were recruited through a London hospital and data from 62 women were analysed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Restrained eaters were significantly less likely to experience weight gains within the recommended range for their pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) (P=0.026). They gained either more or less weight than recommended.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dietary restraint appears to have undesirable influences on eating and weight gain during pregnancy which require further attention.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Research Centre, South Bank University, London, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Conway
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004032:Diet; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015430:Weight Gain