NCT01643356

Interventions to Reduce Excess Weight Gain in Pregnancy

Interventions to Reduce Excess Weight Gain in Pregnancy in Overweight and Obese Mothers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tufts University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study will use a comprehensive behavioral intervention adapted for pregnant women to change dietary intake, eating behavior and physical activity. The central hypothesis of this study is that the intervention will reduce excess gestational weight gain and achieve clinical and metabolic benefits in obese and overweight pregnant women and their infants over the first year of life.

Conditions

• Overweight and Obesity
• Pregnancy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Intervention to reduce excess weight gain during pregnancy	Intervention includes meetings with a nutrition counselor and/or psychologist where individualized eating plans will be developed and reviewed, and regular group meetings during which information about healthy eating for weight management will be discussed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-07-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2015-09-01
• First posted: 2012-07-18
• Last updated: 2016-05-10

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States