Commentary: Weight gain, weight loss, and endometrial cancer

Does weight gain lead to weight loss?

Patterns of Weight Gain and Birth Weight Amongst Indian Women

Background: The timing of maternal weight change in pregnancy may be an important determinant of birth weight. The objective of this study was to measure weight gain patterns from early pregnancy until delivery, and to examine the relationship between prenatal weight gain and low birth weight. Methods: A total of 500 pregnant women within 15-20 days of conception, with confirmed pregnancies and...

Patterns of Maternal Weight Gain During Pregnancy and Birth Weight

Anthropometric parameters are an important indicator of health and nutritional status comprising the whole span of mans life. However, they are not of the same degree of simplicity and sensitivity in assessing the public health status. During recent decades many studies have attempted to examine the relationships of these measurements in order to present simple alternatives for similar purposes...

Obesity-driven endometrial cancer: is weight loss the answer?

Endometrial cancer is the fourth most common cancer affecting British women, behind breast, lung and colon cancer. Over the past 20 years, the incidence of endometrial cancer has risen by 40%, and deaths by 20%, despite improved overall survival rates. Currently more than 1900 British women die from endometrial cancer each year, compared with fewer than 1500 at the turn of the century. The agin...

Weight cycling and risk of endometrial cancer.

BACKGROUND Obesity, as measured by body mass index (BMI), is an established risk factor for endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women. Weight cycling, which consists of repeated cycles of weight loss followed by regain, occurs frequently in overweight and obese women. It is unclear whether weight cycling is associated with risk of endometrial cancer independent of BMI. METHODS This analysis ...