Body weight and fat trajectories of Black and White women in the first postpartum year.
Xuewen WangErin E KishmanJihong LiuLauren A CastleberryAlexander McLainJoshua R SparksJames W CookPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2023)
Black women were less likely than White women to lose weight and fat in the postpartum period. There was preferential retention of fat in the abdominal area.