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Published in: BMC Public Health 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research article

A comparison of a social support physical activity intervention in weight management among post-partum Latinas

Authors: Colleen Keller, Barbara Ainsworth, Kathryn Records, Michael Todd, Michael Belyea, Sonia Vega-López, Paska Permana, Dean Coonrod, Allison Nagle-Williams

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

Weight gain during the childbearing years and failure to lose pregnancy weight after birth contribute to the development of obesity in postpartum Latinas.

Methods

Madres para la Salud [Mothers for Health] was a 12-month, randomized controlled trial exploring a social support intervention with moderate-intensity physical activity (PA) seeking to effect changes in body fat, fat tissue inflammation, and depression symptoms in sedentary postpartum Latinas. This report describes the efficacy of the Madres intervention.

Results

The results show that while social support increased during the active intervention delivery, it declined to pre-intervention levels by the end of the intervention. There were significant achievements in aerobic and total steps across the 12 months of the intervention, and declines in body adiposity assessed with bioelectric impedance.

Conclusions

Social support from family and friends mediated increases in aerobic PA resulting in decrease in percent body fat.

Trial registration

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01908959.
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Metadata
Title
A comparison of a social support physical activity intervention in weight management among post-partum Latinas
Authors
Colleen Keller
Barbara Ainsworth
Kathryn Records
Michael Todd
Michael Belyea
Sonia Vega-López
Paska Permana
Dean Coonrod
Allison Nagle-Williams
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-971

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