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Pregnant women's interest in a website or mobile application for healthy gestational weight gain

Waring, Molly E.
Moore Simas, Tiffany A
Xiao, Rui Sherry
Lombardini, Lisa
Allison, Jeroan J.
Rosal, Milagros C
Pagoto, Sherry L.
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We examined pregnant women's interest in using a website or mobile application to help them gain a healthy amount of weight during pregnancy. Pregnant women (N = 64) completed a short questionnaire during routine prenatal care at hospital-based obstetric clinics in central Massachusetts during April-August 2012. Eighty-six percent reported interest in using a website or mobile application to help them gain a healthy amount of weight; interest ranged from 67% to 100% across demographics, clinical characteristics, and technology use. The Internet is a promising modality for delivering interventions to prevent excessive gestational weight gain and associated maternal and child health consequences.

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Sex Reprod Healthc. 2014 Dec;5(4):182-4. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2014.05.002. Link to article on publisher's site

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10.1016/j.srhc.2014.05.002
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