A Postpartum Weight Loss-focused Stepped-care Intervention in a Military Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

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 recei

SUBMITTER: Perez-Munoz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10498817 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature