Table 2.
Characteristics of the focus group participants (mean ± SD, %)
| Focus groups on changes in eating behavior during pregnancy | Focus groups on changes in postpartum eating behavior | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men | |
| Total sample (n) | 22 | 20 | 16 | 16 |
| Ethnicity (%) | ||||
| Caucasian | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Age (years) | 30.1 ± 2.5 | 31.6 ± 2.5 | 30.3 ± 2.0 | 31.7 ± 3.5 |
| Self-reported pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) | 22.7 ± 3.1 | 24.0 ± 4.5 | 23.3 ± 4.7 | 24.4 ± 2.4 |
| Respondents with a higher education (%) | 81.8 | 75.0 | 93.8 | 87.5 |
| Perceived health: Respondents reporting to be in good to very good health (%) | 100.0 | 100.0 | 62.6 | 81.3 |
| Respondents reporting healthy to totally healthy eating pattern (%) | 77.3 | 80.0 | 93.8 | 62.6 |
| Respondents reporting being active for at least 30 min/day for 5 days or more during the last 7 days (%) | 49.9 | 45.0 | 6.3 | 37.5 |
| % non-smokers (% ex-smokers) | 100.0 (4.5) | 100.0 (40.0) | 100.0 (0.0) | 100.0 (12.5) |
| Expecting parents (n) | 15 | 14 | ||
| Gestational age (weeks) | 28.4 ± 8.1 | 28.2 ± 8.6 | ||
| Parents with child (n)a | 7 | 6 | 16 | 16 |
| Age of the new-born (weeks) | 9.6 ± 2.8 | 9.8 ± 5.2 | 34.8 ± 14.7 | 32.6 ± 15.3 |
aFor the focus groups during pregnancy, both expecting parents, as well as parents with a first child less than three months old participated