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The Gestational Diabetes Management Study (GooDMomS) is a 6-month program focused on achieving a healthy weight for women who experienced gestational diabetes in their recent pregnancy.
What is GooDMomS?
Why Join?
Participants in GooDMomS will:
- Receive personalized support to help you achieve a healthy weight after a pregnancy with gestational diabetes (GDM) and reduce your risk for developing type 2 diabetes, through lifestyle changes or metformin therapy.
- Receive support from a dedicated, experienced research team that will partner with you, closely following your progress and ensuring that your physical health and well-being are a priority.
- Learn lifestyle strategies that are lifelong, including how to eat balanced meals, adopt healthy nutritional habits, and incorporate physical activity into your daily routine, all in an effort to support your long-term health and wellness.
- Connect with a community of moms with recent GDM who share similar pregnancy and postpartum experiences to yours and are able to provide encouragement, understanding, and support along the way.
What does it involve?
- 6-month program where you will receive the knowledge and tools to achieve a healthy weight, including a digital scale and a Fitbit
- 2 to 3 in-person visits, two of which participants will bring their infant for weight and length measurements
- Weekly virtual meetings for the first 4 weeks of the program, followed by biweekly meetings for the remainder of the program
- Tracking of food intake and physical activity
- Based on progress, participants will either continue with the weekly meetings or a healthy meal planning program, or drug treatment therapy
- Participants will receive gift cards as compensation for their time at the baseline, 3-month, and 6-month visits, for a total of up to $175
About Us
The study team is composed of researchers from The George Washington University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and DiabetesSisters, a nonprofit organization supporting women of all ages who are living with or at risk of diabetes.
Following an adaptive study design, GooDMomS will be conducted at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.
Our mission is to promote and advance maternal health by identifying evidence-based strategies to improve the health of women who experience gestational diabetes.
