A Social Media Peer Group Intervention for Mothers to Prevent Obesity and Promote Healthy Growth from Infancy: Development and Pilot Trial

Rachel S Gruver   ¹ , MPH ;   Chanelle T Bishop-Gilyard   ^{2, 3} , MS, PsyD ;   Alexandra Lieberman   ¹ , BA ;   Marsha Gerdes   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Senbagam Virudachalam   ^{1, 4} , MD, MHSP ;   Andrew W Suh   ¹ , BS ;   Gurpreet K Kalra   ⁵ , MS, CCRP ;   Sheela N Magge   ⁶ , MD,MSCE ;   Justine Shults   ⁷ , PhD ;   Mark S Schreiner   ⁸ , MD ;   Thomas J Power   ^{2, 4, 9} , PhD ;   Robert I Berkowitz   ^{2, 3, 4} , MD ;   Alexander G Fiks   ^{1, 4} , MD,MSCE

¹ Division of General Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States

² Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States

³ Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

⁵ Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States

⁶ Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Center for Translational Science, Children’s National Health System, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States

⁷ Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

⁸ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States

⁹ Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States