PLAN app

Pregnancy Lifestyle Activity Nutrition (PLAN) - An evidence-based digital lifestyle tool for pregnant women

This App helps pregnant women to live the healthiest lifestyle they can in order to give their babies a great start to life. The App is scientifically designed based on behaviour change theory to help you attain achievable goals. It contains multiple interactive components providing high quality, scientific health advice and help with motivation to change.

1. Personalised weight tracker to help you gain the optimum amount of recommended weight
2. Personalised goal setting, reminders and feedback
3. Hints, what to do and what not to do delivered throughout the pregnancy when needed.
4. Educational material based on science.
5. Information presented is evaluated by child health experts.

This has been scientifically evaluated and published in peer review journals.

1. Huang RC et al. Feasibility of Early Pregnancy diet and lifestyle e-health intervention. The Pregnancy Lifestyle Activity Nutrition (PLAN) project. J Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 11(1) 58-70, 2020
2. Willcox J et al.  Evaluating Engagement in Digital and Dietetic Intervention…Mixed Methods. J Medical Internet Research. 2020.

Our feasibility trial showed that access to PLAN:

• Significantly improved diet
• Significantly improved psychological readiness to change parameters (importance of diet and readiness to change diet)
• Significantly reduced infant weight at 3 mths

The most valuable aspect of PLAN cited by participants was the frequent contact and the level of support and encouragement provided.

Testimonials

"I felt cared for and nurtured through this (pregnancy) period."

"It was nice to feel supported and feel like you are on track."

"I looked forward to doing it (weight tracker). It was good to be prompted."

"It was reassuring as a woman."

Our privacy policy can be found here.

Please direct enquiries about the app to PLANpregnancy@telethonkids.org.au