2. Materials and Methods
weight gain, eating behavior, weight retention, gestational diabetes
PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION, GESTATIONAL DIABETES, COMPLICATIONS
The interpregnancy coaching for a healthy future (INTER-ACT) (ClinicalTrials.gov; NCT02989142) intervention is a combined e-health-supported and face-to-face coaching program, from childbirth to the end of the next pregnancy, in women with excessive gestational weight gain in the previous pregnancy. The primary aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of the INTER-ACT intervention on pregnancy and birth-related complications (a composite outcome: gestational diabetes, pregnancy-induced hypertension, cesarean section and large-gestational-age babies) in the subsequent pregnancy. Secondary outcomes (postpartum maternal mental health, postpartum weight retention and body composition and postpartum lifestyle behaviors such as eating behavior and physical activity) have already been analyzed [