All respondents (n=428) | BMI > 25 & < 29.9 kg/m2(n=197) | BMI >30 kg/m2(n=231) | SIMD 1–3 (n=163) | SIMD 4–5 (n=96) | SIMD 6–10 (n=169) | |
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Views on current weight | ||||||
Comfortable | 173 (19) | 69 (35) | 12 (5) | 34 (21) | 14 (15) | 33 (19) |
Probably a bit heavy | 148 (35) | 81 (41) | 67 (29) | 52 (32) | 39 (41) | 57 (34) |
Been trying to watch weight already | 107 (25) | 28 (14) | 79 (34) | 42 (26) | 27 (28) | 38 (22) |
Not happy | 86 (20) | 17 (9) | 69 (30) | 33 (20) | 15 (16) | 38 (22) |
No response | 6 (>1) | 2 (>1) | 4 (>1) | 2 (>1) | 1 (>1) | 3 (2) |
Opinions concerning weight gain in previous pregnancies | (n=252) | |||||
Acceptable weight gain & return to pre pregnancy weight | 85 (37) | 46 (47) | 39 (29) | 28 (30) | 51 (43) | 40 (44) |
Acceptable weight gain but did not return to pre-pregnancy weight | 71 (30) | 25 (26) | 45 (33) | 28 (30) | 33 (28) | 25 (27) |
Gained a lot of weight but lost it after having the baby | 39 (17) | 20 (20) | 19 (14) | 14 (15) | 22 (18) | 13 (15) |
Gained a lot of weight but did not lose it after having the baby | 39 (17) | 7 (7) | 32 (24) | 22 (24) | 14 (11) | 8 (9) |
No response | 19 (8) | 1 (<1) | 10 (14) | 10 (10) | 6 (10) | 5 (5) |
Views on potential weight gain in current pregnancy (n=428) | ||||||
Not concerned | 162 (39) | 95 (50) | 65 (28) | 62 (38) | 100 (38) | 61 (36) |
Expect to gain some weight but don’t want it to be too much | 199 (47) | 77 (40) | 120 (52) | 76 (47) | 123 (48) | 84 (49) |
Really worried about gaining too much weight | 57 (13) | 16 (9) | 41 (18) | 22 (14) | 35 (13) | 18 (11) |
No response | 10 (<1) | 12 (1) | 2 (<1) | 4 (<1) | 3 (<1) | 6 (3) |