TY - JOUR

T1 - Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy (HELP): a protocol for a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight management intervention in pregnancy

AU - Williams, N.H.

AU - John, E.

AU - Cassidy, D.M.

AU - Playle, R.

AU - Jewell, K.

AU - Cohen, D.

AU - Duncan, D.

AU - Newcombe, R.G.

AU - Busse, M.

AU - Owen-Jones, E.

AU - Williams, N.

AU - Longo, M.

AU - Avery, A.

AU - Simpson, S.A.

PY - 2014/5/10

Y1 - 2014/5/10

N2 - Approximately 1 in 5 pregnant women in the United Kingdom are obese. In addition to being associated generally with poor health, obesity is known to be a contributing factor to pregnancy and birth complications and the retention of gestational weight can lead to long term obesity. This paper describes the protocol for a cluster randomised trial to evaluate whether a weight management intervention for obese pregnant women is effective in reducing women’s Body Mass Index at 12 months following birth.

AB - Approximately 1 in 5 pregnant women in the United Kingdom are obese. In addition to being associated generally with poor health, obesity is known to be a contributing factor to pregnancy and birth complications and the retention of gestational weight can lead to long term obesity. This paper describes the protocol for a cluster randomised trial to evaluate whether a weight management intervention for obese pregnant women is effective in reducing women’s Body Mass Index at 12 months following birth.

U2 - 10.1186/1471-2458-14-439

DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-14-439

M3 - Article

VL - 14

JO - BMC Public Health

JF - BMC Public Health

SN - 1471-2458

IS - 439

ER -