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

Molly E Waring   ¹ , PhD ;   Brooke A Libby   ¹ , MPH ;   Tiffany A Moore Simas   ^{2, 3, 4, 5} , MD, MPH, MEd ;   Madison L Bracken   ^{1, 6} , MA ;   Jessica L Bibeau   ¹ , MA ;   Valeria Herrera   ¹ , BS, RD ;   Justin Wang   ⁷ , PhD ;   Sherry L Pagoto   ¹ , PhD

¹ Department of Allied Health Sciences, UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States

² Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA, United States

³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA, United States

⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA, United States

⁵ Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

⁶ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States

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