3. RESULTS 3.1. Program Staff The majority of staff were aged 20 to 24 years (71%), had a Health Science degree (80%) and between three to 24 months experience working in the area of health promotion (76%). 3.2. Interview and Online Survey The program staff reported that the participants were receptive to information and motivated to understand the information provided. Staff reported that the participants requested dietary related information about carbohy- drates, proteins, and fats and how they function in the body, how to creatively include vegetables in family meals, tips on healthy eating for the whole family and healthy recipe menu planning. Participants requested information about strategies to resist eating high calorie foods. The physical activity topics about which partici- pants wanted information included how to fit physical activity around family activities, types of exercises that could be completed at home, activities they could complete with their children and realistic expectations of weight loss after pregnancy. Participants also requested
information about strategies to maintain weight while attending to the family needs. Interestingly the staff reported a range of misconceptions around nutrition and physical activity (see Table 1).
3.3. Participants The majority of participants were aged 31 to 40 years (75%), most were in paid employment (60%), born in Australia (66%) and had two or more children (67%). Approximately half (51%) of the participants had a university degree