Authors
Andrea Pérez-Muñoz, Marion E Hare, Aline Andres, Robert C Klesges, Gerald Wayne Talcott, Melissa A Little, Teresa M Waters, Jean R Harvey, Zoran Bursac, Rebecca A Krukowski
Publication date
2023/10/1
Journal
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Volume
57
Issue
10
Pages
836-845
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Objective
Postpartum weight retention is associated with adverse health among both civilian and military women.
Purpose
The current study evaluated a stepped-care weight management intervention, Moms Fit 2 Fight, adapted for use in a pregnant and postpartum military population.
Methods
Active duty women and other TRICARE beneficiaries (N = 430) were randomized to one of three conditions: gestational weight gain only (GWG-only) intervention (n =144), postpartum weight loss only (PPWL-only) intervention (n =142), or a combined GWG + PPWL intervention (n = 144). Those participants who received the PPWL intervention (i.e., the PPWL-only and GWG+PPWL conditions) were combined consistently with the pre-registered protocol and compared to those participants who did not receive the PPWL intervention in the primary analyses. Primary …
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