Weight Gain among Women during Smoking Cessation

Weight gain after smoking cessation.

Both overweight or obesity and cigarette smoking are relevant risk factors for public health. Cigarette smoking is associated with lower body weight while smoking cessation is associated with weight gain. Most smokers who quit experience a weight gain, particularly within one year, and it may persist up to 8 years after smoking cessation. However, only a minority of quitters gain excessive weig...

Managing smoking cessation‑related weight gain.

About 80% of smokers who stop smoking gain weight after they stop; on average 5 kg in the first year and about 6 to 7 kg overall. However, weight gain varies a lot between individuals, with some putting on 10 kg or more in a year. Although some factors predict who will gain excessive weight, they are not clinically useful for targeting individuals at high risk. Instead, it may be prudent to mon...

Smoking cessation, weight gain, and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus among postmenopausal women.

Care (Dr Patel) and Medicine (Drs Chapman, Luo, Woodruff, and Arora), University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Correspondence:Dr Arora, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 2007, AMB W216, Chicago, IL 60637 ([email protected] .edu). Author Contributions: Drs Patel and Arora had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for ...

Adherence to Pharmacological Smoking Cessation Treatment among Weight-concerned Women

Psychiatric disorders and gestational weight gain among women who quit smoking during pregnancy.

OBJECTIVE Pregnancy is a common time for women to quit using cigarettes and other substances. Such changes in substance use as well as other psychiatric and psychosocial changes during pregnancy can affect gestational weight gain (GWG). Thus, we evaluated the relationship between psychiatric disorders and GWG among pregnant women who had quit smoking. METHODS Pregnant former smokers (n = 281)...