Objective: Late night eating during pregnancy is associated with greater risk for gestational diabetes. The purpose of this study was to describe reasons that women engage in late night eating and understand perceptions about changing this behavior.Design: Focus groups using a semi-structured interview script.Setting: Urban university-affiliated obstetric clinic.Participants: Low-income black women (n=18) with overweight/obesity at entry to prenatal care. Phenomenon of interest: Late night eating.Analysis: Exhaustive approach coding responses to specific questions.Results: Individual and interpersonal contributors to late night eating included hunger, altered sleep patterns, fetal movement, and the influence of others. Food choices were largely driven by taste and convenience. Some women reported that they could alter nightly eating patterns, while

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