The association between weight-promoting medication use and weight gain in postmenopausal women: findings from the Women's Health Initiative

With the rise in obesity, there has been a concomitant increase in prescription medications associated with weight gain. The objective of this study is to quantify the magnitude of association between putative weight-promoting medications and 3-year weight change in a diverse cohort of postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI).This is a prospective observational cohort study, considering 40 sites in the WHI and a cohort of...