A real-world example of using personal and public involvement to develop a healthy eating and physical activity intervention for pregnant women

A brief leaflet-based intervention, “Ten Top Tips for a Healthy Weight” (10TT), successfully used habit-formation to facilitate behaviour change for weight-management in adults(1). PPI representatives from Northern Ireland (n = 9) and Republic of Ireland (n = 1) became involved after seeing poster advertisements in antenatal care settings, letters (sent to previous participants in a postpartum weight-management study) and via word-of-mouth. The research team (nutritionists and psychologists) reviewed the evidence base relating to diet and physical activity guidelines during pregnancy and created the initial drafts of materials.