Despite the negative consequences to maternal-child health from women gaining too much weight during pregnancy, up to 62% of overweight and obese women gain more pregnancy weight than is recommended. This project will establish the efficacy of Goals for Reaching Optimal Wellness (GROWell), an mHealth tool for achieving appropriate pregnancy weight gain and promoting postpartum weight loss among women who enter pregnancy overweight or obese. GROWell will fill a gap in research and clinical care by providing a validated, standalone mHealth tool for weight control during pregnancy and postpartum, which is a currently lacking resource.
Investigators Involved: Dr. Leigh Ann Simmons, Dr. Jen Phipps, Paige M. Smith
Presentations
Understanding the impact of the Goals for Reaching Optimal Wellness (GROWell) randomized controlled trial on breastfeeding practices. American Society for Nutrition Conference. Chicago, Illinois (2024)
Au LE, Chaney AM, Castro-Alvarez S, Smith P, Phipps JE, Patrikeyeva A, Gupta S, Liu S, Simmons LA.
A systematic review of behavioral interventions to improve maternal health in pregnant people at high risk for cardiovascular complications. American Academy of Health Behaviors Scientific Meeting. San Francisco, CA (2023)
Phipps JE, Whipps MDM, Price C, Ketchersid A, D’Souza I, Satish N, Van Nord MG, Taiwo T, Hedriana H, Ebong I, Simmons LA.
Physical activity, sleep and nutrition in a cohort of Californian pregnant people with overweight and obesity: Findings from the GROWell trial. International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Meeting. Uppsala Sweden (2023)
Phipps JE, Liu S, Simmons LA.
Sleep predicts improved mental health in a cohort of overweight and obese pregnant people: Baseline GROWell results. Developmental Origins of Health and Disease World Congress, Vancouver, BC, Canada (2022)
Phipps JE, Whipps MDM, Smith P, Liu S, Au L, Simmons LA.
Publications
From hybrid to fully remote clinical trial amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: Strategies to promote recruitment, retention, and engagement in a randomized mHealth trial
Leigh Ann Simmons, Jennifer E Phipps, Mackenzie Whipps, Paige Smith, Kathryn A Carbajal, Courtney Overstreet, Jennifer McLaughlin, Koen De Lombaert, Devon Noonan
Leigh Ann Simmons, Jennifer E Phipps, Courtney Overstreet, Paige M Smith, Elizabeth Bechard, Siwei Liu, Cheryl Walker, Devon Noonan