NCT01117961

Promoting Healthy Weight Gain During Pregnancy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 401 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Miriam Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Study goal is to determine whether behavioral lifestyle intervention during pregnancy can reduce the number of women who exceed the Institute of Medicine recommendations for weight gain during pregnancy. It is hypothesized that the intervention will reduce the number of women who exceed weight gain guidelines relative to standard care. The investigators also expect the intervention to reduce the proportion of women exceeding weight gain guidelines in both normal weight and overweight groups.

Conditions

• Weight Gain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Lifestyle	Behavioral lifestyle intervention targeting diet and physical activity to reduce excessive gestational weight gain

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-03-01
• Primary completion: 2012-05-01
• Completion: 2012-05-01
• First posted: 2010-05-06
• Last updated: 2013-05-01