A lifestyle intervention to prevent gestational weight gain: will it effect infant obesity?

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pregnancy; Diet and Nutrition - Obesity; Excessive Gestational Weight Gain; Maternal Obesity; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Antenatal care

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618000414213
• Lead Sponsor: Women's and Newborn Health, Westmead Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-03-21
• Study Completion: 2020-02-06
• Last Update Posted: 18 October 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Stopped early
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 440

Inclusion Criteria

Age > 18y
Pre-pregnancy BMI > 27.5
Gestational age between 10 and 18wk
Own a smartphone with SMS capability
Have internet access
Have sufficient skill in the English language to read text messages

Exclusion Criteria

Prior diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes
Prior diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes
Patients with self- reported major health or psychiatric disorders

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Gestational Weight Gain. This is the maternal weight when the client attends her first clinic appointment at Booking-in minus the weight at the final clinic appointment or weight in the deliver suite if available. This will be determined by electronic weight scales. [At final clinic visit prior to delivery];Newborn birth weight-for-age centile using the World Health Organisation Child Growth standards. Newborn birth weight will be determined from hospital records. [Within 24h of birth]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus as assessed using hospital records[This outcome is measured at booking-in when attending the first clinic visit via a random blood glucose and via routine screening at 24-28weeks gestation via a 75g Oral Glucose Tolerance Test. ];Maternal weight which will be determined from electronic weight scales [6 months post-partum];Infant weight-for-age centile using World Health Organisation Child Growth standards. Infant weight will be determined using electronic scales or records from Clinical Nurse Consultant Child and family Health records. [6 months post-partum]