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Study aim
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Determining the effect of nutrition education and physical activity on weight changes and lifestyle self-efficacy related to weight of women with high body mass index in the postpartum period
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Design
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Two-group randomized clinical trial with parallel groups, one blind, on 64 patients
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Settings and conduct
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For sampling, first a Mashhad center is selected, then from among the health centers under its coverage, by accident, using a lottery, one center is considered as the intervention group and the nearest center is considered as the control group.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Obese and overweight women who go to health centers in 6-12 weeks after delivery.
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Intervention groups
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Obese and overweight women who go to health centers in 6-12 weeks after delivery. Training by the researcher in groups of 5 to 7 people in 4 sessions of 60-60 minutes, once a week in the form of question, group discussion and answer lectures. it is possible. Session 1: Measuring anthropometric indices, completing questionnaires including Clark Weight Lifestyle Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, Physical Activity Index Questionnaire, then training on physical activity and its benefits in the postpartum period and how to use it Is given from the step count. The second, third and fourth sessions of healthy nutrition training focus on four sources of self-efficacy. At the end of the session, an educational booklet on healthy living will be presented. In the intervention group, after completing the training, in the 2nd and 6th weeks, a telephone call is made to follow up the research units. The control group will receive routine care. Maternal weight at the end of weeks 4 and 8 of control, then the mean of weight changes and weight-related lifestyle self-efficacy at the end of week 8 will be compared between the two groups
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Main outcome variables
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Weight chenges -Weight-Efficacy of Life style