Mothers In Motion intervention effect on psychosocial health in young, low-income women with overweight or obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mothers in Motion (MIM), a community-based intervention program, was designed to help young, low-income women with overweight or obesity prevent further weight gain by promoting stress management, healthy eating, and physical activity. This paper presents the MIM's intervention effect on self-efficacy to cope with stress, emotional coping response, social support for stress management, stress, depressive symptoms, and positive and negative affect.

Methods

Participants (N = 612) were recruited from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in Michigan. They were randomly assigned to an intervention group (410 participants) or comparison group (202 participants). During the 16-week intervention, intervention participants watched ten

SUBMITTER: Chang MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6332663 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature