Delivering a Post-Partum Weight Loss Intervention via Facebook or In-Person Groups: Results from a Randomized Pilot Feasibility Trial

Molly E Waring   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Sherry L Pagoto   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Tiffany A Moore Simas   ³ , MPH, MEd, MD ;   Loneke T Blackman Carr   ⁴ , RD, PhD ;   Madison L Bracken   ^{1, 5} , MA ;   Brooke A Libby   ¹ , MPH, MS ;   Valeria Herrera   ¹ , BS, RD ;   Lauren R Rudin   ^{1, 6} , BS ;   Justin Wang   ⁷ , PhD ;   Grace E Heersping   ¹ , BS ;   Abigail R Burdick   ¹ , BS

¹ Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States

² UConn Center for mHealth & Social Media, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States

³ Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA, United States

⁴ Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States

⁵ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States

⁶ Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States

⁷ Social Sciences Department, Community College of Rhode Island, Warick, RI, United States