Healthy Start Moms: What To Expect

Why? The purpose of the Healthy Start Maternal Health study is to learn if exposures to environmental chemicals during pregnancy and if a woman’s characteristics and behaviors may increase her risk of overweight, diabetes and heart disease in the years after her pregnancy.

Where? Anschutz Health Sciences Building, 1890 N Revere Ct., Aurora, CO 80045

When? Healthy Start Moms is open for appointments 7 days a week, starting between 8:00 and 10:30 AM.

How do I schedule? Call or text us at 720-592-9060, email us at hsmoms@ucdenver.edu, or book online.

The Visit: Plan for about 2.5 hours to complete your visit. Components include an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test, questionnaires, body measurements, Sphygmocor (an arterial stiffness test), and a body composition (BodPod) test.

Please bring a swimsuit or wear form fitted clothing (spandex shorts and a sports bra) without metal or padding for the BodPod measurement. Come fasted (no food or drinks other than water/medications for 8 hours). You will have ~1 hour of downtime so feel free to bring a book, work, or something else to do. You will be compensated for your time.