Understanding current and future opportunities to promote healthy maternal weight during pregnancy and the postpartum period

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1056392

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The PhD will document clinical management of maternal weight gain during and post pregnancy, across a range of antenatal care providers and deliver a nine month pilot intervention study for first time mothers, aimed at reducing post pregnancy weight retention and promoting healthy nutrition and physical activity behaviours. Findings from this PhD will inform important future development of healthy weight interventions across the reproductive years.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $75,620.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Health Promotion

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

maternal and child health | maternal nutrition | obesity | pregnancy | reproductive health

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