Article:: Digital Therapies
The digital therapy HealthyMoms provides information about healthy eating, recipes, and exercise tips related to pregnancy weeks. The app is validated as a self-care support tool and is available for pregnant women to use between healthcare visits. Healthcare staff can monitor risk groups.
Target Group
The target group for HealthyMoms is pregnant women.
Purpose
The goal of HealthyMoms is to promote healthy weight gain during pregnancy and to prevent too much or too little weight gain.
Clinically Validated
HealthyMoms has been developed since 2013 as part of research and has been evaluated in several studies led by Professor Marie Löf at Karolinska Institutet and Linköping University.
Johanna Sandborg completed her doctorate in June 2022, and HealthyMoms played a key role in her research.
Read More About HealthyMoms
HealthyMoms also has a version for monitoring blood sugar and providing support for diet and lifestyle for pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes. This version is being evaluated in a randomised clinical study from 2022 to 2024.
Regulatory
HealthyMoms is a medical device classified under MDR regulations.
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