Fresh Start, a postpartum weight loss intervention for diverse low-income women: design and methods for a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Overweight and obesity are prevalent among young women and are greater among minority and low-income women. The postpartum period is critical in women's weight trajectories as many women do not lose their pregnancy weight, and others lose some and then plateau or experience weight gain. Excess weight puts women at greater risk of chronic disease and thus weight loss in the postpartum period may be key to the long-term health of young women. This paper describes the design and methods of a randomized clinical trial of Fresh Start, an innovative narrative-based group intervention aimed at promoting postpartum weight loss among low-income, diverse women.

Methods/design

Study participants were recruited from the five sites of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) prog

SUBMITTER: Rosal MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5016872 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature