P3 Cohort Study

Happy June! This month, 22 of our participants are expecting a baby- 1 (!) from our main cohort and 21 from our sibling cohort! The most common due dates are June 11th and 30th! Congrats to all of the P3 families! 🍦👶

✨ P3 Cohort Paper Spotlight! ✨

🏡🚶‍♀️ A new study using P3 Cohort data explored whether living in a more walkable neighbourhood was linked to postpartum weight retention.

📊 Using P3 Cohort data, we found that about 70% of participants retained some pregnancy weight at 6–12 months postpartum.

🫄 Participants living in more walkable neighbourhoods had lower Body Mass Index (BMI) before pregnancy. However, neighbourhood walkability was not associated with postpartum weight retention.

🧐 These findings suggest that postpartum weight may be influenced by many factors beyond neighbourhood design alone, including lifestyle and individual health behaviours.

📚 Curious about the details? Check out the graphics to learn more or read the full article published in Preventive Medicine (Salah H, Stephenson N, Skiffington J, Leijser LM, Slater D, Metcalfe A. The association between neighborhood walkability and postpartum weight retention: A prospective cohort study. Prev Med. 2026.)

The full article can also be found here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350626000971?via%3Dihub

Last week we celebrated the soon-to-be newest addition to the P3 Cohort family! 🎉👶 We are wishing Tian all the best on this exciting new chapter! 💛✨

Join the P3 Cohort in recognizing World Maternal Mental Health Day 💚
Up to 1 in 5 women experience maternal mental health challenges like postpartum depression. This May, organizations are coming together to raise awareness and remind women everywhere that they are not alone. 💛