Recruitment and Eligibility
ideation, pain, depressive symptoms, Depression, weight loss
TYPE 2 DIABETES, RECRUITMENT
Participants were recruited in 2 waves starting in August 2018 through October 2019. We recruited women from the Hartford, Connecticut area community by posting recruitment messages on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, ResearchMatch [Inclusion criteria were being aged ≥18 years; being at least 8 weeks but <12 months post partum at time of enrollment; having a BMI ≥25 kg/mWomen were excluded if they met any of the following criteria: currently pregnant; plan to become pregnant during the study period; current participation in an in-person or web-based clinical weight loss program; diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes as self-reported or reported by their health care provider; medical conditions or medications affecting weight; incapable of walking a quarter mile unaided without stopping; pain that prevents engagement in exercise; previous bariatric surgery; planned surgery during the study period; plans to move out of the area during the study period; high depressive symptoms or suicidal ideation (a score of ≥12 or positive on question #10 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale [EPDS] [Eligible participants were all biologically female owing to the inclusion criteria of having given birth; we did not ask participants their gender identity. Although not all persons who become pregnant identify as women [