Background: Little is known about the best way to support pregnant women with pre-existing
conditions, such as chronic hypertension, to adopt evidence-based healthy behaviours that …

Background Pregnant people with chronic hypertension, pre-existing diabetes or both are at
high risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Lifestyle interventions play an important role …

Background Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy have longer-term implications, increasing
women's lifetime cardiovascular disease risk. The Blood Pressure Postpartum study is a …

Postpartum lifestyle modification is recommended to hypertension risk. We conducted a
systematic literature review to assess the evidence for postpartum lifestyle interventions to …

Postpartum lifestyle modification is recommended to hypertension risk. We conducted a
systematic literature review to assess the evidence for postpartum lifestyle interventions to …

Background Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) affect approximately 10–15% of
pregnancies and pre-eclampsia affects 3–5% of pregnancies. Women with previous pre …

Background Around 1 in 5 pregnant women in the UK are obese. Obesity is linked to poor
health and pregnancy complications. We developed and tested in a cluster RCT a group …

The Specialist Weight Management Service (SWMS) Maternity Pathway was launched in
January 2012 as a result of growing public health issues surrounding obesity and the …

Background Pregnancy provides an opportunity to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors. This
study's aim was to explore the perspectives of pregnant and postpartum women and …

Maternal obesity and excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) are significant contributors to
the global obesity epidemic. However, isolated lifestyle interventions to address this in …