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The six stages of thematic analysis were followed to understand the qualitative data. The Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy (version 1) was used to label the behaviour change techniques (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BCT<\/jats:styled-content>s) reported by women.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Themes derived from 1\u2010year postnatal interview transcripts.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Two themes were evident: 1. <jats:italic>A focused approach to postnatal weight management:<\/jats:italic> women reported making specific changes to their eating and physical activity behaviours, and 2. <jats:italic>Need for support<\/jats:italic>: six <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BCT<\/jats:styled-content>s were reported as helping women make changes to their eating and physical activity behaviours; three were reported more frequently than others: <jats:italic>Self\u2010monitoring of behaviour (2.3)<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic> Prompts\/cues (7.1)<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Social support (unspecified; 3.1)<\/jats:italic>. 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