Feasibility of Meal Delivery Postpartum

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Postpartum Weight Retention; Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Meal Delivery

• Registration Number: NCT05579990
• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Brief Summary

This study is being done to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a meal delivery intervention among low-income postpartum women with obesity.

Detailed Description

This is a single-group pilot study in which subjects will receive 10 home-delivered meals per week for 8 weeks.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-10-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-11
• Study First Posted: 2022-10-14
• Study Start: 2023-09-27
• Primary Completion: 2024-07-29
• Status Verified: 2024-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-10
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-15
• Study Completion: 2025-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 11

Inclusion Criteria

• Medicaid eligible and/or have a household income at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty line
• 18 years of age or older
• Initiated prenatal care at a University of Alabama at Birmingham prenatal clinic
• Experienced a healthy singleton pregnancy
• 5-18 weeks postpartum at enrollment
• Body mass index >= 30 at enrollment
• Residing within the meal company's delivery radius
• Willing to consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Self-reported major health condition (such as renal disease, cancer, or Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes)
• Current treatment for severe psychiatric disorder (such as schizophrenia)
• Self-reported diagnosis of anorexia or bulimia
• Current use of medication expected to significantly impact body weight
• Current substance abuse
• Participation in another dietary and/or weight management intervention postpartum
• Unable to understand and communicate in English
• Unwilling or unable to consume study meals

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Meal Delivery	Meal Delivery	Meal delivery intervention program designed to help low income postpartum women lose weight through weekly meal delivery and behavioral strategies.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Participant Adherence to Intervention	Collected weekly from intervention start (6-21 weeks postpartum) to follow-up (14-29 weeks postpartum)	Proportion of weekly study meals participants consumed based on responses to weekly electronic surveys in which participants will report the number of study meals a) they consumed, b) other household members consumed, or c) that were uneaten.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Participant Satisfaction with Diet	baseline (5-19 weeks postpartum), follow-up (14-29 weeks postpartum)	To assess satisfaction with the study intervention, the 28-item Diet Satisfaction Questionnaire will be used in which participants respond to 28 statements using a 5-point Likert scale. Responses are average to produce a total diet satisfaction score ranging from 1-5. Changes in overall diet satisfaction, as well as changes in subscale scores for Cost Factor and Planning \& Preparation Factor will be examined from baseline to follow-up.
Study Participation Rate	baseline (5-19 weeks postpartum)	Percentage of eligible subjects who agreed to participate out of those who were screened
Participant Retention	baseline (5-19 weeks postpartum), follow-up (14-29 weeks postpartum)	The proportion of enrolled participants who complete follow-up

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Alabama at Birmingham; 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States