Promoting Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum Among Overweight/Obese Women
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Obesity
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
- Enrollment
- 228
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Gestational weight gain in pounds
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of a lifestyle intervention on gestational weight gain, postpartum weight loss, and other secondary outcomes relative to a usual care control group.
Detailed Description
Our study will address the following specific aims: (1) examine the impact of a lifestyle intervention on gestational weight gain and postpartum weight loss in overweight and obese women, (2) examine the impact of the intervention on physical activity (PA), dietary intake, and quality of life (QOL), (3) examine race differences in total gestational weight gain, PA, dietary intake, and QOL; and (4) examine the impact of the intervention on offspring adiposity.
Investigators
Sara Wilcox
Professor
University of South Carolina
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •White or African American woman
- •Overweight or obese (prepregnancy BMI: 25-45 kg/m2)
- •≤ 16 wks gestation at screening
- •Age 18-44 years
- •No plan to move out of the greater Columbia area in next 18 months
- •Regular and consistent telephone access
- •Availability for telephone calls
- •Willing to accept random assignment
Exclusion Criteria
- •Uncontrolled hypertension
- •Fetal anomaly
- •Taking insulin for diabetes
- •Uncontrolled or untreated thyroid disease
- •Mental health or substance-abuse hospitalization in last 6 months
- •Multiple gestation
- •Persistent bleeding in the first trimester
- •History of more than 3 miscarriages
- •History of an eating disorder or current eating disorder
- •History of an incompetent cervix
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Gestational weight gain in pounds
Time Frame: Delivery
Defined as delivery room weight minus pre-pregnancy weight
Secondary Outcomes
- Dietary intake(12 months postpartum)
- Depressive Symptoms(12 months postpartum)
- Child Adiposity(12 months postpartum)
- Gestational weight gain category(Delivery)
- Postpartum weight retention(Weight retained at the 12 month postpartum visit)
- Health-Related Quality of Life(12 months postpartum)
- Physical Activity(12 months postpartum)