A Social Media Peer Group Intervention for Mothers to Prevent Obesity and Promote Healthy Growth from Infancy: Development and Pilot Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence increasingly indicates that childhood obesity prevention efforts should begin as early as infancy. However, few interventions meet the needs of families whose infants are at increased obesity risk due to factors including income and maternal body mass index (BMI). Social media peer groups may offer a promising new way to provide these families with the knowledge, strategies, and support they need to adopt obesity prevention behaviors.

Objective

The aim of this study is to develop and pilot test a Facebook-based peer group intervention for mothers, designed to prevent pediatric obesity and promote health beginning in infancy.

Methods

We conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with 29 mothers of infants and focus groups with 30 pediatric clinic

SUBMITTER: Gruver RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4987492 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature