Supporting healthful lifestyles during pregnancy: a health coach intervention pilot study

• Main Authors: Michael W. Seward (Author), Denise Simon (Author), Martha Richardson (Author), Emily Oken (Author), Matthew W. Gillman (Author), Marie-France Hivert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) is associated with adverse health outcomes in both the mother and child. Many previous lifestyle interventions in women with excess weight during pregnancy encouraging appropriate GWG have been unsuccessful, and there remains no consensus a...