Impact of an Internet-Based Lifestyle Intervention on Behavioral and Psychosocial Factors During Postpartum Weight Loss.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This cluster randomized trial tested whether an effective internet-based weight-loss intervention for low-income, postpartum women resulted in greater improvements in targeted social cognitive theory (SCT) constructs and psychosocial outcomes.

Methods

Fit Moms/Mamás Activas was a 12-month cluster randomized controlled trial of 370 postpartum women at 12 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, Children (WIC) clinics that were randomly assigned to intervention or standard WIC. SCT constructs (weight-control behaviors, cognitive restraint, disinhibition, self-efficacy, social support, body image) and psychosocial outcomes (depressive symptoms and stress) were measured at study entry and after 6 and 12 months.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Bennion KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7511419 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature