MAMAS Healthy Pregnancy Classes - Enrolling Until March 9th!

MAMAS Healthy Pregnancy Study | Feb 24, 2011 | 0 | Posted in Expecting

Greetings the MAMAS Study (CPMC & UCSF) ~

We are excited to announce our next round of classes for the MAMAS Healthy Pregnancy Study which tests interventions including stress reduction techniques, healthy eating and active lifestyle to promote healthy weight gain during pregnancy for overweight women.

There are still room for participants in our classes beginning March 1st and we are enrolling new participants until March 9th. We are looking for the following:

WHO:
~ Women in the first 1/2 of pregnancy (20 weeks or less)
~ Overweight

WHAT:
~ Participants will attend a FREE 8-week class on stress reduction, healthy eating and active lifestyle
~ Stress reduction techniques include mindfulness and emotion regulation.
~ Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires and several biomedical measures before and after the classes.
~ Participants will be PAID up to $475 for participation

If you, or anyone you know, might be interested in participating, please contact me at 415-600-5772 or momshealthstudy@gmail.com.

Best wishes, Nina

Nina Fry, MA
Clinical Research Supervisor
Mind Body Medicine Research Group
California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute
2200 Webster Street, Room 306
San Francisco, CA 94115
Ph: (415) 600-5772
www.momshealthstudy.com <http://www.momshealthstudy.com>

*** This project is a collaboration between the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), and is funded by the National Institutes for Health. The investigators are Barbara Laraia, PhD, Elissa Epel, PhD, and Nancy Adler, PhD at UCSF and Cassandra Vieten, PhD at California Pacific Medical Center. ***

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