Healthy Eating and Prevention of Pregnancy Complications

DESCRIPTION
Americans are getting more obese by the minute. That’s why the CDC has declared obesity a national epidemic, with far-reaching implications for our country’s health. Obesity and related chronic conditions are most prevalent among Latino populations. Over 80% of Latina women are either overweight or obese.

OUR APPROACH
EHG is using mobile and e-communication technologies to provide health provider groups with tools to help patients adopt healthy eating and shopping behaviors as a way to reduce obesity and prevent diabetes —, one of the most common health consequences of obesity. EHG mobile and web programs foster provider and patient communication, incorporate evidence-based prevention practices, use nudges based upon behavioral economics to encourage healthy decision making, and provide additional patient-to-patient support through purposeful online communities.