Lifestyle information and access to a commercial weight management group to promote maternal postnatal weight management and positive lifestyle behaviour: the SWAN feasibility RCT

• Main Authors: Debra Bick (Author), Cath Taylor (Author), Vanita Bhavnani (Author), Andy Healey (Author), Paul Seed (Author), Sarah Roberts (Author), Magdalena Zasada (Author), Amanda Avery (Author), Victoria Craig (Author), Nina Khazaezadah (Author), Sarah McMullen (Author), Sheila O'Connor (Author), Bimpe Oki (Author), Eugene Oteng-Ntim (Author), Lucilla Poston (Author), Michael Ussher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: NIHR Journals Library, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Increasing numbers of UK women have overweight or obese body mass index scores when they become pregnant, or gain excessive weight in pregnancy, increasing their risk of adverse outcomes. Failure to manage postnatal weight is linked to smoking, non-healthy dietary choices, lack of regula...